The Life and Death of King JohnMacmillan, 1890 - 187 pages |
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... wrong with you and me : 41 So much my conscience whispers in your ear , Which none but heaven , and you and I shall hear . Enter a Sheriff . Essex . My liege , here is the strangest controversy Come from the country to be judged by you ...
... wrong with you and me : 41 So much my conscience whispers in your ear , Which none but heaven , and you and I shall hear . Enter a Sheriff . Essex . My liege , here is the strangest controversy Come from the country to be judged by you ...
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... wrong And by whose help I mean to chastise it . K. John . Alack , thou dost usurp authority K. Phi . Excuse ; it is to beat usurping down . Eli . Who is it thou dost call usurper , France ? 120 Const . Let me make answer ; thy usurping ...
... wrong And by whose help I mean to chastise it . K. John . Alack , thou dost usurp authority K. Phi . Excuse ; it is to beat usurping down . Eli . Who is it thou dost call usurper , France ? 120 Const . Let me make answer ; thy usurping ...
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... wrong'd as we are by this peevish town , Turn thou the mouth of thy artillery , As we will ours , against these saucy walls ; And when that we have dash'd them to the ground , Why then defy each other , and pell - mell Make work upon ...
... wrong'd as we are by this peevish town , Turn thou the mouth of thy artillery , As we will ours , against these saucy walls ; And when that we have dash'd them to the ground , Why then defy each other , and pell - mell Make work upon ...
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... wrong There is no tongue hath power to curse him right . Pand . There's law and warrant , lady , for my curse . Const . And for mine too : when law can do no right , Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong : Law cannot give my child his ...
... wrong There is no tongue hath power to curse him right . Pand . There's law and warrant , lady , for my curse . Const . And for mine too : when law can do no right , Let it be lawful that law bar no wrong : Law cannot give my child his ...
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... should use to do me wrong Deny their office : only you do lack That mercy which fierce fire and iron extends , 120 Creatures of note for mercy - lacking uses . Hub . Well , see to live ; I will SCENE I. ] 51 KING JOHN .
... should use to do me wrong Deny their office : only you do lack That mercy which fierce fire and iron extends , 120 Creatures of note for mercy - lacking uses . Hub . Well , see to live ; I will SCENE I. ] 51 KING JOHN .
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allusion Angiers Anjou arms Arth Arthur Arthur's death Aust Austria Bast Bastard Blanch blood brabbler breath brother child Const Constance crown curse Dauphin dead deed Dict dost doth Duke of Austria Dyce England English Enter Exeunt eyes faith father Faulconbridge fear fire France French frequent in Shakespeare give Goodwin Sands grief Haml hand hast hath heart heaven hold holy honour Hubert Hubert de Burgh JAMES GURNEY John's King John King of France Knight Lady land Lewis look lord Macb majesty Malone means Melun mother murder noble oath Pand Pandulph peace Philip play Pope prince quotes reference revolt Richard Rolfe Salisbury SCENE seems sense shame Sir Robert Skeat soul speak spirit spleen Staunton Steevens Stephen Langton Swineshead Swinstead thee thine thou tongue Touraine word
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Page 129 - Reputation, reputation, reputation ! O, I have lost my reputation ! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Page 178 - Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough, When there is in it but one only man. O ! you and I have heard our fathers say, There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.
Page 82 - Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 52 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 45 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Btuffs out his vacant garments with his form : Then have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 173 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 138 - Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Page 50 - Heaven's sake, Hubert, let me not be bound ! Nay, hear me, Hubert ! drive these men away, And I will sit as quiet as a lamb. I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word ; Nor look upon the iron angerly : Thrust but these men away, and I'll forgive you, Whatever torment you do put me to.
Page 173 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
Page 154 - Confusion now hath made his masterpiece ! Most sacrilegious murder hath broke ope The Lord's anointed temple, and stole thence The life o