 | George Crabbe - 1905
...murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threatShahptare. Richard III. [Aft v. Sc. 3, vv. 104-5]. The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.... | |
 | Quotations - 1906 - 763 pages
...Part III, v, 2 As good to die and go, as die and stay, SHAKESPEARE, King John, iv, 3 Die — Continued The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools. SHAKESPEARE,... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1907 - 381 pages
...guest in pronouncing the table full. In the wild scene that follows still further change is evident. Macbeth. The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns. The murderer in describing the... | |
 | Joel Chandler Harris - American wit and humor - 1907
...If an author quietly buries himself in his book — very good ! hie jacet : peace to his ashes ! " The times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now they rise again," as Macbeth observes, with some confusion of syntax, excusable in a person... | |
 | 1907
...Prithee, see there! behold! look! lo! how say you? Why, what care I ! If thou canst nod, speak too. . . . The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1908 - 600 pages
...that I had murder'd Came to my tent, and every one did threat. SHAKSPEAHB, Richard III, Act v, Sc. 3. The times have been, That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.... | |
 | Walter Sydney Sichel - 1909
...House that before Lord North went out for the first time, a member had quoted from Shakespeare : "... The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end " 1 From the Duchess's MS. letters to her mother. Next year the Duchess of Gordon created a riot at... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1911 - 761 pages
...world's mine oyster. Which I with sword will open. 480 Shaks. : Mer. W. of W. Act ii. Sc 2. BRAINS. The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools. 48... | |
 | Edward Joseph White - Law in literature - 1911 - 524 pages
...statute purgM the gentle weal; Aye, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear: the times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now, they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools:... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Edward Dowden - 1912 - 547 pages
...purg'd the gentle weal ; 76 Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, so With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools... | |
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Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purg'd the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been perform'd Too terrible for the ear. The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end... 
