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" And that small model of the barren earth, Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For heaven's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings : — How some have been depos'd, some slain in war; Some haunted by the... "
The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the corrected copy ... - Page 163
by William Shakespeare - 1805
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: King John ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...Bolingbroke's. And nothing can we call our own, but death ; And that small model of the barren earth,s Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For...temples of a king, Keeps death his court : and there the antic sits,T Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...And that small model of the barren earth, Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For Heav'n's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories...some slain in war ; Some haunted by the ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poisoned by their wives ; some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd. — For within the...
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The Plays, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...destroying wound, And lie full low, grav'd in the hollow ground. Aum. Is Bushy, Green, and the earl ol Wiltshire, dead? Scroop. Yea, all of them at Bristol...king, Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize,...
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The Beauties of Shakespeare: Selected from Each Play : with a General Index ...

William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...sorrow on the bosom of the earth. Let's choose executors, and talk of wills: And yet not so,—for what can we bequeath, Save our deposed bodies to the...poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd:—For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court:...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, Part 1

William Shakespeare - 1824 - 370 pages
...sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings : — How some have been depos'd,some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts, they have...for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temple of a king, Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scolling his state, and grinning...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...you, Taste grief, need friends, like you : subjected thus, How can you say to me — I am a King ? Let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the...some slain in war : Some haunted by the ghosts they dispossess'd : Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd : All murder'd. Or, I'll be bury'd...
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The Works of Shakspeare: From the Text of Johnson, Steevens, and Reed

William Shakespeare - 1825 - 1010 pages
...bodies to the ground ' Our lands, or lives, and all are Holiugbroke's, And nothing can we call oar poison 'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd , All murder'd: — For within the hollow crown, That...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 514 pages
...secured in enclosed places, their poisonous quality was kept from doing mischief to cattle. STEEVENS. Scroop. Yea, all of them at Bristol lost their heads....king, Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits, 8 Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; /: Allowing him a breath, a little scene To...
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Literary gems [ed. by J.S.].

Literary gems - 1826 - 718 pages
...presently be as happy for a few hours, as I had died the first hour I was born. BACON. ROYAL DESPONDENCY. NOTHING can we call our own but death; . ..' And that...the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of the king, : . Keeps death his court: and there the antic sits Scoffing his state, and grinning at his...
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King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 560 pages
...lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own, but death ; And that small model12 of the barren earth, Which serves as paste and cover...king, Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits 13, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize,...
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