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" 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 Works of Shakespeare: Collated with the Oldest Copies, and Corrected - Page 359
by William Shakespeare - 1773
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars and women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. H. Vin. iii. 2. But yesterday, the word of Cassar might Have stood against the world : now lies he...
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A cyclopædia of poetical quotations, arranged by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...glassy stream. Shakspere. ASPIEATIONS. THERE is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes and our ruin, More pangs and fears than war or women have. Shakspere. Hence springs that universal strong desire Which all men have of immortality: Not some few...
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The Boy's Second Help to Reading: A Selection of Choice Passages from ...

Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...princes' favours ! There is betwixt that smile he would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than war or women have...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again: Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol. What, amazed At my misfortunes ?...
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An Address Delivered by the Rev. Theodore Parker, Before the New York City ...

Theodore Parker - 1854 - 94 pages
...smile lie would aspire to, That sweet aspect of voters, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again ! " Mr. DOUGLASS also is finished ; the success of hk measure is his own defeat. Mr. PIERCE has three...
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Outlines of History: Illustrated by Numerous Geographical and Historical ...

Marcius Willson - 1854 - 622 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." "Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition ; By that sil tell the angels ; how can man then, - Tbe...
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A physician's tale, Volume 2

Heberden Milford - 1854 - 338 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.' " Thus Lord Squanderficld, in his rambling, loquacious way, delivered himself; and as usual, made what...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

1854 - 576 pages
...smile he would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and his ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have. And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again ! Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let '.- dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
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The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - 1854 - 426 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 ; 6* SHAKESPEARE. And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Cromwell, I did not...
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Our native land, or, Scenes and sketches from British history, by the author ...

British history - 1855 - 482 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 VII. was succeeded by his son Henry, who was not more than eighteen years of...
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Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation

Gertrude Elizabeth Johnson - 1930 - 666 pages
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