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... Characters of Shakespear's Plays . " * ] Falstaff is perhaps the most substantial comic character that ever was invented . Sir John carries a most portly presence in the mind's eye ; and in him , not to speak it pro- fanely , " we ...
... Characters of Shakespear's Plays . " * ] Falstaff is perhaps the most substantial comic character that ever was invented . Sir John carries a most portly presence in the mind's eye ; and in him , not to speak it pro- fanely , " we ...
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... character of Falstaff in a moral point of view than we should think of bringing an excellent come- dian , who should represent him to the life , before one of the police offices . We only consider the number of pleasant lights in which ...
... character of Falstaff in a moral point of view than we should think of bringing an excellent come- dian , who should represent him to the life , before one of the police offices . We only consider the number of pleasant lights in which ...
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... characters of Hotspur and Prince Henry are two of the most beautiful and dramatic , both in themselves and from ... character . It is as bold and original as it is intelligible and thoroughly natural . The disputes between him and ...
... characters of Hotspur and Prince Henry are two of the most beautiful and dramatic , both in themselves and from ... character . It is as bold and original as it is intelligible and thoroughly natural . The disputes between him and ...
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... character of the reformed rake , in its coarsest form , has always something of interest in it , as it addresses the sympathies alike of the frailer and the better parts of hu- man nature ; but here the fascination of the character is ...
... character of the reformed rake , in its coarsest form , has always something of interest in it , as it addresses the sympathies alike of the frailer and the better parts of hu- man nature ; but here the fascination of the character is ...
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... character of which many traits and peculiarities must have been gleaned , as their air of reality testifies , from the observation of actual life ; and yet , with all his tangible and ponderous reality , as much a creature of the poet's ...
... character of which many traits and peculiarities must have been gleaned , as their air of reality testifies , from the observation of actual life ; and yet , with all his tangible and ponderous reality , as much a creature of the poet's ...
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Anon Bardolph battle of Shrewsbury blood Blunt Bolingbroke brother character Clarke cousin coward crown cuckoo death devil dost doth Douglas drink Earl of Fife earl of March early eds Eastcheap edition editors England English Enter Exeunt Exit faith Falstaff father fear folio Francis Gadshill give hanged Harry hath head hear heaven Henry Hotspur Henry IV Henry Percy historical Holinshed honour horse Hostess Hotspur humour Jack Johnson Julius Cæsar Kate King Henry king's Lady Percy Lancaster lord lord Henry Percy Malone Mortimer nest never night noble Northumberland Owen Glendower Peto play poet's Poins Prince of Wales prisoners prithee quartos reading remarks Rich Richard rogue says SCENE Schmidt Scot Shakespeare Shakspere Shrewsbury Sir John speak Steevens quotes sweet sword tell Temp thee thou art thou hast Vaughan Vernon Welsh Westmoreland Worcester word Zounds
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Page 34 - I know you all, and will awhile uphold The unyoked humour of your idleness. Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds To smother up his beauty from the world...
Page 73 - And dress'd myself in such humility That I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts, Loud shouts and salutations from their mouths, Even in the presence of the crowned King.
Page 36 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Page 87 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 63 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest I am as valiant as Hercules ; but beware instinct ; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Page 34 - 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...
Page 41 - By heaven, methinks, it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks; So he, that doth redeem her thence, might wear, Without corrival, all her dignities : But out upon this half-fac'd fellowship ! Wor.
Page 35 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners ; But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, and trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom...
Page 17 - 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, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth...
Page 130 - I am not yet of Percy's mind, the Hotspur of the north, he that kills me some six or seven dozen of Scots at a breakfast, washes his hands, and says to his wife, 'Fie upon this quiet life, I want work'.