King Richard II: In Five ActsChiswick Press, 1898 - 112 pages |
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... Give me his gage : lions make leopards tame . Nor . Yea , but not change his spots : take but my shame , And I resign my gage . My dear dear lord , The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away , Men are but ...
... Give me his gage : lions make leopards tame . Nor . Yea , but not change his spots : take but my shame , And I resign my gage . My dear dear lord , The purest treasure mortal times afford Is spotless reputation ; that away , Men are but ...
Page 11
... give : Shorten my days thou canst with sudden sorrow , And pluck nights from me , but not lend a morrow . K. Rich . Thy son is banish'd upon good advice , Whereto thy tongue a party - verdict gave : Why at our justice seem'st thou ...
... give : Shorten my days thou canst with sudden sorrow , And pluck nights from me , but not lend a morrow . K. Rich . Thy son is banish'd upon good advice , Whereto thy tongue a party - verdict gave : Why at our justice seem'st thou ...
Page 12
... thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? O , no ! the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse . Gaunt . Come , come , my son , I'll bring thee on thy way : Had I thy youth and cause , I would not 12.
... thinking on fantastic summer's heat ? O , no ! the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse . Gaunt . Come , come , my son , I'll bring thee on thy way : Had I thy youth and cause , I would not 12.
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... give him aid ; And let him ne'er see joy that breaks that oath ! York . Well , well , I see the issue of these arms ; — I cannot mend it , I must needs confess , Because my power is weak and all ill left : But if I could , by him that ...
... give him aid ; And let him ne'er see joy that breaks that oath ! York . Well , well , I see the issue of these arms ; — I cannot mend it , I must needs confess , Because my power is weak and all ill left : But if I could , by him that ...
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... give my jewels for a set of beads , My gorgeous palace for a hermitage , My sceptre for a palmer's walking - staff , My subjects for a pair of carvèd saints , And my large kingdom for a little grave , A little little grave , an obscure ...
... give my jewels for a set of beads , My gorgeous palace for a hermitage , My sceptre for a palmer's walking - staff , My subjects for a pair of carvèd saints , And my large kingdom for a little grave , A little little grave , an obscure ...
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arms Attendants BAGOT banish'd banishment BISHOP OF CARLISLE blood Boling breath Bushy Castle cousin crown dear death depos'd dost doth Duke of Hereford Duke of Norfolk Duke of York Earl of Wiltshire earth Ely-house England Enter BOLINGBROKE Enter KING RICHARD Enter NORTHUMBERLAND Exeunt Exit face fair farewell fear flatter Flint Castle friends gage Gard grace grave Green grief Groom hand happy Harry of Hereford hate hath heart heaven Henry HENRY IRVING hither John of Gaunt kiss knee Lancaster land liege live London Lord Marshal Lord Northumberland Lords of Ross madam majesty noble North oath ourself peace PIERCE of Exton QUEEN and Ladies Ravenspurg Rich Ross royal SALISBURY SCENE II.-London Scroop shame SIR PIERCE sorrow soul sovereign speak sweet tears thine Thomas Mowbray thou art thou hast thoughts throne tongue traitor treason trumpet uncle York weep Willo WILLOUGHBY word
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Page 12 - This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise ; This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war ; This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, S Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
Page 28 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...
Page 48 - I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world: And for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it; yet I'll hammer it out.
Page 34 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My...
Page 12 - And thus expiring do foretell of him: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves; Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes; With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder: Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.
Page 13 - Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots, and rotten parchment bonds: That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.
Page 26 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
Page 28 - Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth...
Page 28 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; Some...
Page 29 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?