| Matthew Pinsker - 2003 - 274 pages
...had heard Lincoln recite "at Springfield, at the White House, and at the Soldiers' Home." For God'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 ghosts they have deposed; Some poisoned by their wives,... | |
| Chris Given-Wilson - 2004 - 342 pages
...There is an echo of this passage in Shakespeare's Richard II (Act 3, Scene 2, lines 155-60): 'For God'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 ghosts they have depos'd,/ Some poison'd by their... | |
| John Baxter - 2005 - 280 pages
...and with rainy eyes Write 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...earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. 155 For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: 160 165 170... | |
| Irving Ribner - 2005 - 232 pages
...chooses. On his landing in Wales Richard offers Bolingbroke the crown before it has been asked of him: And yet not so, for what can we bequeath Save our...? Our lands, our lives and all are Bolingbroke's. That Richard is responsible for his own deposition is emphasized in York's reaction to the king's seizure... | |
| J. C. Morris - 2005 - 508 pages
...the cruelty of life, the inhumanity of mankind. He recited Shakespeare and the Bible aloud. For God'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 ghosts they have depos'd, Some poison'd by their wives,... | |
| William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - 2011 - 355 pages
...and with rainy eyes Write 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 ground? 155 Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death And... | |
| O. Hood Phillips - 2005 - 240 pages
...naturally thinks of wills : Let's talk of graves. . . . Let's choose executors and talk of wills : And yet not so — for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground? (Richard II, HI. 2) And the eloquent Hamlet uses legal expressions in moments of crisis. While contemplating... | |
| William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - 2011 - 355 pages
...and with rainy eyes Write 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 ground? 155 Our lands, our lives, and all are Bolingbroke's, And nothing can we call our own but death And... | |
| Thomas Page Anderson - 2006 - 252 pages
...with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. Let's choose executioners and talk of wills: And yet not so, for what can we bequeath Save our...Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been... | |
| Susan Cummins Miller - 2006 - 268 pages
...Dictionary of the English Language PROLOGUE What's past Is prologue. — William Shakespeare, The Tempest And nothing can we call our own but death, And that...earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. —William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard H Cady Mountains Mojave Desert, California Monday,... | |
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