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... chapter of 1 Book of Kings . " Faulconbridge . Go , bear him in thine arms . I am amazed , methinks ; and lose my way Among the thorns and dangers of this world . " PARALLEL FROM SCRIPTURE . " Thorns and snares are in the way of the ...
... chapter of 1 Book of Kings . " Faulconbridge . Go , bear him in thine arms . I am amazed , methinks ; and lose my way Among the thorns and dangers of this world . " PARALLEL FROM SCRIPTURE . " Thorns and snares are in the way of the ...
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... : in the present instance , perhaps , without being aware of it , or at least without a thought of detection , from 11th chapter of St. Luke : - 66 Knock , and it shall be opened unto you SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIBLE . 13.
... : in the present instance , perhaps , without being aware of it , or at least without a thought of detection , from 11th chapter of St. Luke : - 66 Knock , and it shall be opened unto you SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIBLE . 13.
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... chapter of Luke , thus near each other , and should be thus connected by Shake- speare , is too strange to escape notice . 66 ACT II . SCENE III . When the Murder of KING DUNCAN is first discovered . Macduff . O horror ! horror ! horror ...
... chapter of Luke , thus near each other , and should be thus connected by Shake- speare , is too strange to escape notice . 66 ACT II . SCENE III . When the Murder of KING DUNCAN is first discovered . Macduff . O horror ! horror ! horror ...
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... chapter of St. Matthew . ACT II . SCENE II . " Hamlet . O Jephthah , * judge of Israel — what a trea- sure hadst thou ! Polonius . What a treasure had he , my lord ? Hamlet . Why - one fair daughter , and no more , the which he loved ...
... chapter of St. Matthew . ACT II . SCENE II . " Hamlet . O Jephthah , * judge of Israel — what a trea- sure hadst thou ! Polonius . What a treasure had he , my lord ? Hamlet . Why - one fair daughter , and no more , the which he loved ...
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... chapter of Proverbs- " The heaven for height , and the earth for depth , and the heart of kings is unsearchable . " And as Shakespeare has , in several instances , put proverbs of a sacred nature into the mouths of his characters , he ...
... chapter of Proverbs- " The heaven for height , and the earth for depth , and the heart of kings is unsearchable . " And as Shakespeare has , in several instances , put proverbs of a sacred nature into the mouths of his characters , he ...
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Page 88 - And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as one of thy hired servants.
Page 153 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Page 152 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 63 - When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Page 124 - Let people serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 7 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Page 110 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die ! like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume.
Page 29 - 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 72 - If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked ! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know, is damned : if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh's lean kine are to be loved. No, my good lord ; Banish Peto, banish Bardolph, banish Poins : but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff, and therefore more valiant, being as he is, old Jack Falstaff, banish not him thy Harry's company, banish not him thy Harry's company ; banish...
Page 75 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried, and said ; Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame.