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" O Father Abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity... "
Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical - Page 50
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus ...

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 592 pages
...the reverend abbot, With all his convent, honorably received him ; To whom he gave these words,—O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...a little earth for charity.' So went to bed; where eag«rly his sickness Pursued him still; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which...
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Shakspearian Readings: Selected and Adapted for Young Persons and Others

William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...reve'rend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him : To whom he gave these words,—" 0, father abbot! An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among you : Give him a little earth for charity!" So went to bed; where eagerly his sickness Pursued him...
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Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes ...

William Howitt - Durham (England) - 1840 - 540 pages
...reaching it out even to the papal tiara, and then again a poor and sinking suppliant, exclaiming — O father abbot, An old man broken with the storms...weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charitv ! will be more widely known and wondered at. But many have been the sad and singular passages...
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Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Historical drama, English - 1840 - 354 pages
...description of Wolsey's end is admirable : — " At length with easy toads, he came to Leicester ; Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, With all his...honourably received him ; To whom he gave these words : ' 0 father abbot ! An old man broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among...
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 644 pages
...Leicester ; Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably recciv'd him : To whom he gave these words, — " O father...charity !" So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and three nights after this, About the hour of eight, which he himself Foretold...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 634 pages
...Leicester; Lodg'd in the abbey, where the reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him : To whom he gave these words, — " O father...charity!" So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and three nights after this, About the hour of eight, which he himself Foretold...
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The Children's Magazine and Missionary Repository, Volume 9

Children's literature - 1846 - 872 pages
...cardinal, ended his prond and ambitious career. "At last, with easy roads, he came to Leicester, Lodg'd in the abbey ; where the reverend abbot, With all...honourably received him; To whom he gave these words,— 0 father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of stale Is come to lay his wean/ bones among ye...
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Knight's Cabinet edition of the works of William Shakspere, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 364 pages
...With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him ; To whom he gave these words, — " O father abbut, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come...eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nighU after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold should be hislast,) full of repentance,...
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Religious and Moral Sentences Culled from the Works of Shakespeare: Compared ...

William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - Bible - 1843 - 264 pages
...the bearers put to sudden death. HAMLET, v. 2. To whom he gave these words, — " O father Abbott, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come...charity !" So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight (which he himself Foretold...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 494 pages
...With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him : To whom he gave these words, — "O father abbot, And old man , broken with the storms of state , Is come...charity ! " So went to bed , where eagerly his sickness i'ursu'd him still; and three nights after this, About the hour of eight, which he himself Foretold...
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