First part of King Henry VI, by Shakespeare (?) Second part of King Henry VI, by Shakespeare (?) Third part of King Henry VI, by Shakespeare (?) King Edward IV, by Heywood. King Richard III, by Shakespeare. Perkin Warbeck, by Ford. King Henry VIII, by Shakespeare and FletcherMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1896 - English drama |
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... things are set in order here , We'll follow them with all the power we have . Enter a Messenger . Mess . All hail , my lords ! Which of this princely train Call ye the warlike Talbot , for his acts So much applauded through the realm of ...
... things are set in order here , We'll follow them with all the power we have . Enter a Messenger . Mess . All hail , my lords ! Which of this princely train Call ye the warlike Talbot , for his acts So much applauded through the realm of ...
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... things fall out right , I shall as famous be by this exploit As Scythian Tomyris by Cyrus ' death . Great is the rumour of this dreadful knight , And his achievements of no less account : Fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears ...
... things fall out right , I shall as famous be by this exploit As Scythian Tomyris by Cyrus ' death . Great is the rumour of this dreadful knight , And his achievements of no less account : Fain would mine eyes be witness with mine ears ...
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... things that are not to be remedied . Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while , And like a peacock sweep along his tail : We'll pull his plumes , and take away his train , If Dauphin and the rest will be but ruled . Char . We have been ...
... things that are not to be remedied . Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while , And like a peacock sweep along his tail : We'll pull his plumes , and take away his train , If Dauphin and the rest will be but ruled . Char . We have been ...
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... thing of no regard , King Henry's peers and chief nobility • Destroy'd themselves , and lost the realm of France ! O , think upon the conquest of my father , My tender years ; and let us not forego That for a trifle that was bought with ...
... thing of no regard , King Henry's peers and chief nobility • Destroy'd themselves , and lost the realm of France ! O , think upon the conquest of my father , My tender years ; and let us not forego That for a trifle that was bought with ...
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... thing impossible To compass wonders , but by help of devils . No , misconceived ! Joan of Arc hath been A virgin from her tender infancy , Chaste and immaculate in very thought , Whose maiden blood , thus rigorously effus'd , Will cry ...
... thing impossible To compass wonders , but by help of devils . No , misconceived ! Joan of Arc hath been A virgin from her tender infancy , Chaste and immaculate in very thought , Whose maiden blood , thus rigorously effus'd , Will cry ...
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blood brother Buck Buckingham Burgundy Cade cardinal CATESBY Clar Clarence Clif Clifford Constable of France cousin crown DALYELL daughter death dost doth Duch Duke of Burgundy Duke of York Earl Eliz enemy England Exeunt Exit eyes fair farewell father fear France friends Gent give Gloster grace gracious hand hath hear heart heaven Hobs honour house of York Hunt Jack Cade Jane JANE SHORE Kath King Edward king's lady leave live LORD CHAMBERLAIN Lord Hastings madam majesty Margaret master Mess Messenger Mistress Shore Murd ne'er never noble pardon peace PERKIN WARBECK pity pray prince queen Reignier Rich Richard RICHARD PLANTAGENET royal Salisbury SCENE Sellinger soldiers Somerset soul sovereign speak Suffolk sweet Talbot tanner tell thank thee There's thine thou art thou hast traitor unto URSWICK Warwick wife words
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Page 249 - Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Page 255 - I have pass'da miserable night, So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights, That, as I am a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night, Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days : So full of dismal terror was the time.
Page 451 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 95 - Be brave, then ; for your captain is brave, and vows reformation. There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny ; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops ; and I will make it felony to drink small beer...
Page 451 - O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have. And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 134 - To kings that fear their subjects' treachery ? O yes ! it doth ; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's delicates, His viands sparkling in a golden cup, His body couched in a curious bed, When care, mistrust, and treason waits on him.
Page 256 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls; and, in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes,) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 256 - And was embark'd to cross to Burgundy, And, in my company, my brother Gloster : Who from my cabin tempted me to walk Upon the hatches, thence we look'd toward England, And cited up a thousand heavy times, During the wars of York and Lancaster, That had befallen us.
Page 453 - And, — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey, — that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour,— Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in ; A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it.
Page 133 - So many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself ; So many days my ewes have been with young ; So many weeks ere the poor fools will...