The Tragedy of King JohnLongmans, Green and Company, 1890 - 120 pages |
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Angiers arms ARTH AUST Austria BAST Blanch blood breath Chatillion comma CONST Constance curse dashing blade Dauphin dead death Delius doth editors ELINOR England Enter KING JOHN Exeunt eyes fair faith father Faulconbridge fear Fleay Folios Folios read France French Geffrey's give grandam grief H. C. BEECHING hand hath hear heart heaven Henry Henry IV Holinshed holy honour Hubert JAMES GURNEY Julius Cæsar keep King John lady land Lewis lion lord Macbeth majesty means Melun mother mouth never night o'er old play OLIVER ELTON PAND Pandulph peace PEMBROKE Philip Pope prince quotes Richard Richard III Salisbury says SCENE sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's shame Sir Robert Sonnet 33 soul speak spirit Steevens strong syllable thee Theobald thine Thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thyself tongue word young Arthur ΙΟ
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Page 43 - 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 37 - My widow-comfort, and my sorrows' cure ! [Exit. K. Phi. I fear some outrage, and I '11 follow her. [Exit. Lew. There "s nothing in this world can make me joy : Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man ; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the sweet world's taste, That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
Page 48 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour than advis'd respect.
Page 41 - For 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 40 - What good love may I perform for you ? Many a poor man's son would have lain still And ne'er have spoke a loving word to you ; But you at your sick service had a prince. Nay, you may think my love was crafty love, And call it cunning. Do, an if you will. If Heaven be pleas'd that you must use me ill, Why then you must.
Page 55 - Be great in act, as you have been in thought ; Let not the world see fear and sad distrust Govern the motion of a kingly eye : Be stirring as the time ; be fire with fire ; Threaten the threatener, and outface the brow Of bragging horror : so shall inferior eyes, 50 That borrow their behaviours from the great, Grow great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution.
Page 67 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, 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 103 - Was the hope drunk, Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since, And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire ? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would,
Page 37 - And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up : That John may stand, then, Arthur needs must fall ; So be it, for it cannot be but so.
Page 36 - 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, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form : Then have I reason to be fond of grief.