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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... "
The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 94
by William Shakespeare - 1804
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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 444 pages
...old man, broken with the storms of state, ts emu to lay his weary banes among ye ; Give him a Mile earth for charity ! So went to bed : where eagerly...nights after this, About the hour of eight (which be himself Forelold, should be his last,) full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows,...
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The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at ..., Volume 6

Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 444 pages
...reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably received him ; To whom he gave these words, — " O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...charity !" So went to bed ; where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...now to my setting : T shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more, O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity. His overthrow heap'd happiness upon him ; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Richard III. Henry VIII. Troilus ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 488 pages
...reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him ; To whom he gave these words, — O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...after this, About the hour of eight (which he himself 2 Happily is sometimes used by Shakspeare for haply, peradventure; as in The Taming of the Shrew, Act...
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Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5

George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 530 pages
...reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably received him; To whom he gave these words — " O, father abbot, An old man broken with the storms of...charity !" So went to bed ; where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold...
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A Universal Biography: Containing Interesting Accounts, Critical ..., Volume 4

John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 622 pages
...received in the abbey. The pathetic language of Shakspeare represents him as saying on entrance, O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...bones among ye, Give him a little earth for charity ! His disorder gaining upon him, a few days brought him to his end, in the sixtieth year of his age....
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A New Universal Biography: Forming the first volume of series III

John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 632 pages
...received in the abbey. The pathetic language of Shakspeare represents him as saying on entrance, O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...bones among ye, Give him a little earth for charity ! His disorder gaining upon him, a few days brought him to hia end, in the sixtieth year of his age....
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The life and death of Thomas Wolsey, cardinall. Repr., with an intr. and notes

Thomas Storer - 1826 - 138 pages
...said, ' Father abbot, I am come hither to leave my bones among you.' " In Shakspeare the words are : -O Father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity. HENRY VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. P. 76. stanza 3. And had the dutie to my GOD bin such.~\ " Well, well, master...
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Letters from Europe, the journal of a tour through Ireland ..., Volume 1

Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 544 pages
...reverend abbot, With his convent, honourably received him ; To whom he gave these words : ' O lather abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state,...bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity.' " This passage from Shakspeare is as true to history, as to nature. Here the Cardinal terminated his...
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The Beauties of Shakspeare Regularly Selected from Each Play. With a General ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pages
...With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him; To whom he gave these words,— O, father abbot, Jin old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come...bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity! * By short stages. So went to bed: where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still; and, three nights...
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