 | William Bodham Donne - Amusements - 1863 - 274 pages
...almost historical veracity : he proclaims that he is about to make unwonted demands upon their pity. " I come no more to make you laugh : things now That...working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as cause the eye to flow, We now present. . . . Therefore, for goodness' sake, as you are known The first... | |
 | William Bodham Donne - Latin poetry - 1864 - 266 pages
...Cœsar not unnaturally desired the stage and literature to embody some of the incidents ' That bore a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working,...and woe; Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow.' (Prologue to Henry VIII.) But, although the wish was general and not unreasonable, the subjects vf... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 612 pages
...Dumb-shows ; Women attending upon the Queen ; Scribes. Officers. Guards, and other Attendants. PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh : things now, That...bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working/1' fidl of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 564 pages
...: London; Westminster ; Kimbolton. THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF KING HENRY VIII. THE PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh : things now, That...to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here 5 May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will deserve it. Such as give Their money... | |
 | Charles Knight - Dramatists, English - 1865 - 592 pages
...the brilliancy of his wit and the genuineness of his humour, turn to other and loftier themes : — " I come no more to make you laugh ; things now, That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow We now present." * But the influence of time in the formation and direction of the poetical power must also be taken... | |
 | 1874 - 358 pages
...nichts zu wünschen übrig lässt: Such noble scencs as draw the eye to flow, We now prcsent. Thosc that can pity, here May, if they think it well, let fall a tear: The subjcct will deserve it. Ferner: Be sä//, as we. woidd make ye, *) Die Appellation an die „good... | |
 | Gerald Massey - Sonnets, English - 1866 - 624 pages
...had gathered on the fuller-ripened life-fruit. What says the prologue to King Henry VIII. ?— 1 1 come no more to make you laugh; things now That bear...serious brow, Sad, high and working, full of state aod woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present.' It is impossible to commune with... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 614 pages
...other Attendants. Spirits. SCENE — Clilrjiij in London and Westminster; once at Kimbolion. PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh : things now, That...bear a weighty and a, serious brow, Sad, high, and working,(1) full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 612 pages
...other Attendants. Spirits. SCENE — Chiefly in London and Westminster ; once at Kimlwltvn. PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh : things now, That...bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, high, and working,1 J) full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1866 - 362 pages
...Qiieen; Spirits, which appear to her; Scribes, Officers, Guards, and other Attendants. PROLOGUE. I COIIE no more to make you laugh ; things now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow, Sad, and high-working," full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, "We now present.... | |
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I COME no more to make you laugh ; things now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow. Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. 
