King Henry the Fourth: A Historical Play, Parts 1-2J. Ridgway, 1803 |
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... better since I was a man : all would not do . A plague of all cowards ! — Let them speak ; if they speak more or less than truth , they are villains , and the sons of darkness . P. Hen . Speak , sirs ; how was it ? Gads . We four set ...
... better since I was a man : all would not do . A plague of all cowards ! — Let them speak ; if they speak more or less than truth , they are villains , and the sons of darkness . P. Hen . Speak , sirs ; how was it ? Gads . We four set ...
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... better of myself and thee during my life ; I for a valiant lion , and thou for a true prince . But , by the lord , lads , I am glad you have the money . Hostess , clap to the doors ; watch to - night , pray to - morrow . - Gallants ...
... better of myself and thee during my life ; I for a valiant lion , and thou for a true prince . But , by the lord , lads , I am glad you have the money . Hostess , clap to the doors ; watch to - night , pray to - morrow . - Gallants ...
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... better worth than now . Hot . Sick now ! droop now ! this sickness doth infect The very life - blood of our enterprise ; ' Tis catching hither , even to our camp.- He writes me here , -that inward sickness , - And that his friends by ...
... better worth than now . Hot . Sick now ! droop now ! this sickness doth infect The very life - blood of our enterprise ; ' Tis catching hither , even to our camp.- He writes me here , -that inward sickness , - And that his friends by ...
Page 52
... better part of ours are full of rest . Wor . The number of the king exceedeth ours : For heaven's sake , cousin , stay till all come in . Trumpet sounds a Parley . Enter Sir WALter Blunt , and two Gentlemen . Blunt . I come with ...
... better part of ours are full of rest . Wor . The number of the king exceedeth ours : For heaven's sake , cousin , stay till all come in . Trumpet sounds a Parley . Enter Sir WALter Blunt , and two Gentlemen . Blunt . I come with ...
Page 60
... better than his praise : And , which became him like a prince indeed , He made a blushing cital of himself ; And chid his truant youth with such a grace , As if he master'd there a double spirit , Of teaching , and of learning ...
... better than his praise : And , which became him like a prince indeed , He made a blushing cital of himself ; And chid his truant youth with such a grace , As if he master'd there a double spirit , Of teaching , and of learning ...
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anon Apparitors Archb Archbishop art thou Bard Bardolph blood brother cousin coward Davy dost thou doth Doug Earl of DOUGLAS Earl of WESTMORELAND Eastcheap Enter FALSTAFF Enter HENRY Exeunt Exit faith Farewell father fear Flourish of Trumpets Fran Francis friends Gads Gentlemen give Glendower Gower grace hang'd Harry Harry Percy hath head hear heart heaven honour horse Host Hostess HOTSPUR Jack JOHN of LANCASTER knave liege lord Hastings lord of Westmoreland majesty marry master Shallow merry Mortimer MOWBRAY never night noble Northumberland peace Percy Pist Pistol Poins pr'ythee pray Prince JOHN Prince of WALES rascal RICHARD VERNON rogue sack say'st SCENE Shal Sir JOHN FALSTAFF Sir WALTER BLUNT Sirrah soldiers speak swaggerers sweet sword tell thee there's Thom thou art thou hast thou wilt Trumpets and Drums villain West WORCESTER
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Page 41 - Therefore omit him not ; blunt not his love, Nor lose the good advantage of his grace By seeming cold or careless of his will ; For he is gracious, if he be observ'd : He hath a tear for pity and a hand Open as day for melting charity...
Page 64 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Page 10 - Out of my grief and my impatience, Answer'd neglectingly, I know not what, He should, or he should not ; for he made me mad, To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman...
Page 31 - I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Page 40 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 39 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? Why rather, sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfumed chambers of the great...
Page 10 - 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...
Page 10 - He was perfumed like a milliner, And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Page 48 - 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 8 - 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...