 O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have : And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never...  The Life of Henry VIII. - Page 64by William Shakespeare - 1732 - 95 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Languages, Modern - 1907 - 504 pages
...sein. 'A garter which a habe had Strangled' mahnt z. B. gewifs an Shakespeares 'birthstrangled babe'. And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again (Henry VIII, III, 11, 371) zitiert Burns einmal in einem Brief an W. Nicol (1. 18. 1787). An diese... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...man that hangs on princes' favours. There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, The sweet aspect of princes, and our ruin, More pangs and fears than war or women have ; And wlien he falla, he falls like Lucifer, Never to ho'pe again. • Cromwell, I did not think to shed... | |
 | Robert W. Uphaus - Literary Criticism - 1981 - 172 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. (III.ii.365-72) Then, after declaring, "The King has cur'd me, / I humbly thank his Grace" (380-81),... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. (57) Act III, Scene 2: Wolsey has just spoken with his faithful follower and pupil, Cromwell, who now... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Henry VIII, act III, scene ii, lines 350-72. Cardinal Wolsey is speaking about... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...smile we would aspire to. That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin. More pangs and fears than wars or women have. And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616), English dramatist, poet. Cardinal Wolsey, in Henry VIII, acl 3, sc.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. 42 0 mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk... | |
 | William J. Bausch - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 324 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Shakespeare, Henry VIII O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers... | |
 | David Selwyn - History - 1998 - 384 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.146 It is the greatest speech in the play, and undoubtedly one of the things Crawford reads,... | |
 | Harold Bloom - Characters and characteristics in literature - 2001 - 750 pages
...we would aspire to, /That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, / More pangs and fears than wars or women have; / And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, / Never to hope again. [III.ii.350-72] Mira tan sólo mi caída, y lo que me arruinó: Cromwell, te lo encomiendo, arroja... | |
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