 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 560 pages
...hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...conceit, — As if this flesh, which walls about our Ufe, Were brass impregnable ; and, humour'd thus, Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 434 pages
...variety of action.* And Shakspeare personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly fanciful : -Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchise, be fear'd, ;md kill with looks; Infusing him with self and vain conceit, AS if his flesh,... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pages
...Shakspeare personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly fanciful : i — n — ' — Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Kreps Death his court; and there the antic sils, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 pages
...the ghosts they have depos'd;1 Some 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: and there the antick sits,* Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To... | |
 | Peter Bayley - 1820 - 202 pages
...state, and slily issuing writs ; Leaving a breath to swell his tradesmen's books, To adonise, to smile, and kill with looks ; Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if his pleasures never check should meet, And, humour'd thus, comes up with Richard Roe, His shoulder... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 pages
...by the ghosts they have depos'd1 ; Some 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: and there the antick sits 2 , Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 612 pages
...made sport by mocking the graver personages. JOHNSON. In King Richard II. we have the same image : " - within the hollow crown " That rounds the mortal temples...of a king " Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits " Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp." STEEVENS. It is not improbable that Shakspeare... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 648 pages
...made sport by mocking the graver personages. JOHNSON. In King Richard II. we have the same image : " within the hollow crown " That rounds the mortal temples of a king " Keeps death his court : find there the antick sits " Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp." STEBVBNS. It is not improbable... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poisoned by their wives ; some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd. — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal...life, Were brass impregnable : and, humour/d thus, Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle walls, and farewell King \ Cover... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal...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 monarchize,... | |
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All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp... 
