God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which, with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God,... Characters of Shakespear's Plays - Page 187by William Hazlitt - 1817 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...prattle to be tedious ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his...patience, — That had not God, for some strong purpose, steeled The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. had... | |
| Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pages
...offered to a fallen monarch : — • " Men's eyes Did scowl on Richard; no man cried, God save hi™ ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home, But dust was thrown upon his sacred head." The address of Boaz to his reapers may not only be regarded as the customary expression of the good... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his...have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But Heaven hath a hand in these events ; To whose high will we bound our calm contents. 17— v. 2.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, Uod save him ; I>io all thy goods are confiscate. Gra. A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew ! Now, infidel, I But heaven hath a hand in these events ; I'o whose high will we bound our calm contents. To Bolingbroke... | |
| William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 480 pages
...drawn dry by its young. Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his...have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But Heaven hath a. hand in these events ; To whose high will be bound our calm contents. 17— v. 2.... | |
| Sanders - 1980 - 404 pages
...offers a conspectus of the events of the play, our reaction to the summing up is extremely complex: . . .had not God for some strong purpose steel'd The hearts...have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But heaven hath a hand in these events. . . v. ii. 34 For we know that York too hath had a hand in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1981 - 292 pages
...to be tedious: Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on gentle Richard. No man cried ' God save him!' No joyful tongue gave him his...patience, That had not God for some strong purpose steeled The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But... | |
| Edna Zwick Boris - 1978 - 274 pages
...follows: Whilst all tongues cried "God save thee, Bolingbroke!" men's eyes Did scowl on Richard. No man cried "God save him!" No joyful tongue gave him his...welcome home, But dust was thrown upon his sacred head. . . . (5.2.11-30) After arresting the Bishop of Carlisle, Northumberland asks, "May it please you,... | |
| Richard Shusterman - 1984 - 248 pages
...prattle to be tedious: Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard; no man cried, God save him No joyful tongue gave him his...perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him."92 Dryden thus argues for the greatness of this passage by so focussing our reading of it that... | |
| John Dryden - 1985 - 672 pages
...contempt, mens eyes Did scowl on Richard: no man cry'd God save him: No joyful tongue gave him his welcom home, But dust was thrown upon his Sacred head, Which...That had not God (for some strong purpose) steel'd so The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And Barbarism it self have pity'd him. To speak... | |
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