The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes original and selected by S.W. Singer, and a life of the poet by C. Symmons, Volume 6 |
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... England . There are other transgres- sions against history , as far as the order of time is concerned . Mr. Malone has written a dissertation to prove that the First Part of King Henry VI . was not written by Shakspeare ; and that the ...
... England . There are other transgres- sions against history , as far as the order of time is concerned . Mr. Malone has written a dissertation to prove that the First Part of King Henry VI . was not written by Shakspeare ; and that the ...
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... the Tower , Heralds , Officers , Soldiers , Messengers , and several Attendants both on the English and French . SCENE - partly in England , and partly in France . FIRST PART OF KING HENRY VI . ACT I. SCENE PERSONS REPRESENTED .
... the Tower , Heralds , Officers , Soldiers , Messengers , and several Attendants both on the English and French . SCENE - partly in England , and partly in France . FIRST PART OF KING HENRY VI . ACT I. SCENE PERSONS REPRESENTED .
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... England ne'er lost a king of so much worth . Glo . England ne'er had a king , until his time . Virtue he had , deserving to command : His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams ; His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings ; His ...
... England ne'er lost a king of so much worth . Glo . England ne'er had a king , until his time . Virtue he had , deserving to command : His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams ; His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings ; His ...
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... England's coat one half is cut away . Exe . Were our tears wanting to this funeral , These tidings would call forth her flowing tides9 . Bed . Me they concern ; regent I am of France : - Give me my steeled coat , I'll fight for France ...
... England's coat one half is cut away . Exe . Were our tears wanting to this funeral , These tidings would call forth her flowing tides9 . Bed . Me they concern ; regent I am of France : - Give me my steeled coat , I'll fight for France ...
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... England all Olivers und Rowlands3 bred , During the time Edward the Third did reign . 2 i . e . the prey for which they are hungry . 3 These were two of the most famous in the list of Charle- magne's twelve peers ; and their exploits ...
... England all Olivers und Rowlands3 bred , During the time Edward the Third did reign . 2 i . e . the prey for which they are hungry . 3 These were two of the most famous in the list of Charle- magne's twelve peers ; and their exploits ...
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Alarum arms blood brother Buckingham Burgundy Cade cardinal Char Clar Clarence Clif Clifford crown Dauphin dead death doth duke of York earl earl of Warwick enemies England Enter KING HENRY Exeunt Exit father fear fight foes France French friends give Gloster grace hand hath head heart heaven Henry's Holinshed honour house of Lancaster house of York Humphrey Jack Cade King Edward King Henry VI King Richard III Lady Lancaster lord lord protector madam majesty Malone Mess ne'er never night noble old play peace Plantagenet prince protector PUCELLE QUEEN MARGARET Reignier Richard RICHARD PLANTAGENET Saint Albans Salisbury SCENE Shakspeare Sir John slain soldiers Somerset soul sovereign speak stay Steevens Suffolk sweet sword Talbot tears tell thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt traitor uncle unto Warwick wilt words
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Page 203 - DICK The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. CADE Nay, that I mean to do. Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings: but I say, 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mine own man since.
Page 286 - So many hours must I tend my flock; 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...
Page 287 - Ah, what a life were this ! how sweet ! how lovely ! Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade To shepherds, looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy To kings, that fear their subjects
Page 86 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 18 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.