 And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...  The Plays of Shakespeare - Page 514by William Shakespeare - 1858 - 40 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Davey - English literature - 1879 - 302 pages
...wish'd for come And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behavour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...ground My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall shew more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off, I'll so offend to... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1880 - 120 pages
...wished-for come; And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...set it off. I'll so offend, to make offence a skill, Eedeeming time, when men think least I will.' 1 K. Hen. IV. i. 2. In the Second Part of Henry IV. we... | |
 | Philip Edwards - Drama - 2004 - 264 pages
...wished-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...set it off. I'll so offend to make offence a skill. Redeeming time when men think least I will. (i,ii, 188-210) The return to blank verse at once relates... | |
 | Wolfgang Iser - Drama - 1993 - 254 pages
...wish'd-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents: So when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes. 210 And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,...set it off. I'll so offend, to make offence a skill, Redeeming time when men think least I will. Exit 1.3 Enter the King, Northumberland, Worcester, Hotspur,... | |
 | Peggy O'Brien - Historical drama, English - 1994 - 244 pages
...they wished-for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So when this loose behavior I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil... | |
 | Cathy Lynn Preston - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 294 pages
...they wish'd for come. And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So when this loose behavior I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...like bright metal on a sullen ground. My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil... | |
 | W. R. Owens, Lizbeth Goodman - Canon (Literature). - 1996 - 356 pages
...wish'd-for come. And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So. when this loose behaviour I throw off And pay the debt I never promised. By how much better...set it off. I'll so offend. to make offence a skill. Redeeming time when men think least I wilL (Henry I1; Part 1. L2.190-210) This is worth quoting at... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...wisht.for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw oil, tions Redeeming time, when men think least I will. [Exit. SCENE III. London. Ли palace. Enter KltiO HbNRY.NORTHUMUF.KL... | |
 | Louis Montrose - Drama - 1996 - 246 pages
...prince has already plotted his own trajectory to the crown: So when this loose behavior I throw off And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better...more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off. (/ Henry IV, i. 2.202-09 )95 The foil that sets off Shakespeare's Lancastrian plays is the earlier,... | |
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