 It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it...  The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it - Page 247by Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. Hud none, my lord ! why, did you nol provoke me ? K. John» It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life : And, on the winking of authority,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 608 pages
...stubborn spirits, They swell, and grow as terrible as storms. 25 — iii. 1. 370. Deceptive obedience. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant ; — Aid, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - Elocution - 1854 - 460 pages
...dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. None had, my lord ! Why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life: And, on the winking of authority, To... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Princes - 1854 - 398 pages
...contemporary Shakespeare, who understood so well the temper of the times he lived in, has observed — " It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break into the bloody house of life ; 1 State Paper MS., Scotch Correspondence.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1854 - 778 pages
...oxen, spent with toil and heat, In their loose traces from the field retreat." Pope, Pastoral, iii. " It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To break into the bloody house of life, And, on the winking of authority, To... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Princes - 1854 - 398 pages
...contemporary Shakespeare, who understood so well the temper of the times he lived in, has observed— " It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break into the bloody house of life; And on the winking of authority To understand... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Princesses - 1855 - 346 pages
...one among them."—Anderson's Collections, vol. ii. p. 263. 1 State Paper MS., Scotch Correspondence. "It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break into the bloody house of life; And on the winking of authority To understand a law, to know the meaning... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1897 - 288 pages
...dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. No had, my lord \ why, did you not provoke me? K. John. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life, And on the winking of authority To... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. THE CURSES OF ROYALTY. IT is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humours for • warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1902 - 120 pages
...But thou hadst none to kill him. HUBERT. No had, my lord ! why, did you not provoke me/ KING JOHN. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life, And on the winking of authority To... | |
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