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William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued)

1150

He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;
Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.

King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.

1151

Yet in bestowing, madam,
He was most princely.

King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.

1152

After my death I wish no other herald,
No other speaker of my living actions,
To keep mine honour from corruption,
But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.

King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.

1153

To dance attendance on their lordships’ pleasures.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 2.

1154

’T is a cruelty
To load a falling man.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 1

1155

You were ever good at sudden commendations.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 2

1156

I come not
To hear such flattery now, and in my presence.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 3

1157

They are too thin and bare to hide offences.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 4

1158

Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5. 5

1159

Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine,
His honour and the greatness of his name
Shall be, and make new nations.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5.

1160

A most unspotted lily shall she pass
To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her.

King Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5.

1161

I have had my labour for my travail. 6

Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1.

Note 1.
Act v. Sc. 2 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]

Note 2.
Act v. Sc. 2 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]

Note 3.
Act v. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]

Note 4.
Act v. Sc. 2 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]

Note 5.
Act v. Sc. 4 in Dyce, Singer, Staunton, and White. [back]

Note 6.
Labour for his pains.—Edward Moore: The Boy and his Rainbow.

Labour for their pains.—Cervantes: Don Quixote. The Author’s Preface. [back]

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