 Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think, there be six Richmonds in the field ; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him: — A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! [Exeunt.  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 511edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Harry Levin - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 225 pages
...playing for the highest stakes, can gamely face the fatal mishap of losing his horse on the battlefield: "I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die." Other table games, such as those involving cards, can profit more than dice from the exercise of craft... | |
 | Alwin Fill - American literature - 1993 - 284 pages
...(Ronald Ziegler), Richard clutches at the tapes which caused his downfall and defies the world: ... I have set my life upon a cast And I will stand the hazard of the die Against protesters, demonstrators, blacks, Against the press, the Congress, and the courts, Against... | |
 | Murray Cox, Alice Theilgaard - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 482 pages
...- by luck. To use other Shakespearean words, it refers to moments when all is at 'hazard'. 'Slave! I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.' (Richard III V.4.9) paraclinical presentation augments the intensity of attending, not only to the... | |
 | Gilian West - Education - 2015 - 105 pages
...RICHARD A horse! a h6rse! my kingdom for a h6rse! Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a h6rse. Slave, I have set my life upon a cast And I will stand the hazard of the die. I think there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day instead of him. A h6rse! a h6rse!... | |
 | Simon Bainbridge - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 292 pages
...language used to make the comparison is that of Shakespearean drama, this time Richard III: Slave. I have set my life upon a cast And I will stand the hazard of the die. (v. iv. 9-10) Byron weighs up Napoleon's career in anticipation of the 'historian's pen' and in his... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - Mathematics - 2018 - 438 pages
...my kingdom for a horse! Catesby. Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse. King Richard. Slave, I have set my life upon a cast And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day instead of him. A horse! a horse!... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...for a horse! SIR WILLIAM CATESBY. Withdraw, my lord; I'll help you to a horse. KING RICHARD. Slave, take it in what sense thou wilt. GREGORY. They must take it in sense t I think there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day instead of him. A horse! a horse!... | |
 | Ralph Berry - Drama - 1999 - 244 pages
...the rider. The most famous actor's cry in Shakespeare is the logical climax to Richard's life: Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field — Five have I slain today instead of him. A horse, a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1999 - 244 pages
...is suggested as a possibility in R1chard III, Richard begins his last speech with the lines: "Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the dye" (5.4.9-10). The play answers Richard with Einstein's reply to Bohr: "Der Herr Gott w t1rfelt nicht."... | |
 | Leon Garfield - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 328 pages
...save his master; but the hunchback was past all hearing, past all reason! "Slave!" he shouted wildly, "I have set my life upon a cast, and I will stand the hazard of the die! I think there be six Richmonds in the field: five have I slain today instead of him!" and, thrusting... | |
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