 | James Redpath - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 530 pages
...that falls upon us from Heaven ; let us dwell upon it in no frivolous spirit, but in deep solemnity. " Things now That bear a weighty and a serious brow,...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." Let us keep before us the great fact — the violent enslavement of forty hundreds of thousands of... | |
 | Charles Knight - Dramatists, English - 1860 - 576 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...working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes aa draw the eye to flow We now present." * But the influence of time in the formation and direction... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 576 pages
...OFFICERS, GUARDS, and other ATTENDANTS. SCENE, chiefly in London and "Westminster ; once at Kimbolton. PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh ; things...serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woo, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they... | |
 | 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 - 1865 - 564 pages
...Spirits. SCENE : London; Westminster ; Kimbolton. THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF KING HENRY VIII. THE PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh : things...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...most remarkable Prologue of the few which are attached to Shakspere's plays. It thus commences : — " I come no more to make you laugh ; things now, That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." Tt is, to our minds, a perfect exposition of the principle upon which the poet worked in the construction... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 496 pages
...Attendants. Spirits. SCENE — Chiefly in London and Westminster; once at Kimbolton. PROLOGUE. I COMB no more to make you laugh: things now, That bear a...Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such iioble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think... | |
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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. 
