Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace , To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's,... The Plays of William Shakspeare - Page 75by William Shakespeare - 1823Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 588 pages
...rise in ; A sure and safe one, though thy master missed it. Mark but my fall, and that that ruined me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition ;...thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then if thou falPst, O Crom well, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the king : And, Pr'ythee, lead me in : There... | |
| Robert W. Uphaus - 1981 - 172 pages
...ambition! By that sin fell the angels; how can man then (The image of his Maker) hope to win by it? Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate...fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. (435-49) Wolsey's gnomic lines at once draw on the known materials of history and reinterpret them... | |
| 1890 - 848 pages
...ambition : By that sin fell the angels ; how can man, then, The image of his maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate...and truth's; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou faH'st a blessed martyr ! 5 7. Give four rules for the use of capitals with examples from the above... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2008 - 246 pages
...Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty . 445 Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence...country's, Thy God's, and truth's. Then if thou fall'st, 0 Cromwell, Thou fall ' st a blessed martyr . 450 Serve the King. And prithee, lead me in; There take... | |
| Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pages
...can man then, / The image of his maker, hope to win by it? / Love thyself last, cherish those liearts that hate thee; / Corruption wins not more than honesty....thy country's /Thy God's and truth's: then if thou falPst, O Cromwell, /Thou fall'sta blessed martyr. / Serve the king: and primee lead me in: /There... | |
| Stephen W. Smith, Travis Curtright - 2002 - 264 pages
...Addressed to Cromwell, these lines by Wolsey once again focus attention upon justice, truth, and integrity: Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st...fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. (3.2.446-49) The martyr that first comes to mind here, having been mentioned only a few lines earlier... | |
| Michael Vincent - 2003 - 222 pages
...As Cardinal Wolsey says to Lord Cromwell in Shakespeare's HemxV.111 (Act III, Scene II, Line 441), Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that...and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou falFst a blessed martyr! 155 God must be our ultimate and first love. We must fling away ambition.... | |
| M. S. Purnalingam Pillai - 1999 - 112 pages
...moralist will be satisfied with his precepts and maxims on hate and the evil-doer. Shakespeare has, 11 Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate...envious tongues ; be just and fear not. Let all the ends tbou aim'st be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." Vide Study VI on " Virtues and Vices." " To punish... | |
| T. S. Arthur - 2004 - 186 pages
...utterance. It has been running through my mind ever since: - '"Mark but my fall, and that that ruined me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition:...fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.' '"Love thyself last. - Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, thy God's, and truth's.' Could... | |
| Susannah Brietz Monta - 2005 - 262 pages
...the demands of truth and conscience. Fifty lines later, Wolsey offers Cromwell a similar injunction: "Be just, and fear not. / Let all the ends thou aim'st...fall'st, O Cromwell, / Thou fall'st a blessed martyr" (446-9). Wolsey's injunction aligns truth with political "ends"; the trouble for Cromwell, of course,... | |
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