 To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...  Elements of Criticism.. - Page 144by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772Full view - About this book
 | Clement Healy - 2006 - 134 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd; Some poisoned by their wives; some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd; — for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...a king Keeps death his court; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize,... | |
 | Emma Smith - 2007 - 6 pages
...can only be fully teased out with time and attention - not perceived in the moment of audition: For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchise,... | |
 | 532 pages
...In all the philosophies there is no greater line. This great truth fills the heart with pity. " 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... | |
 | Robert Shaughnessy - 2007 - 267 pages
...occurs just at the close of the episode, with a close-up on Richard's recognition of death's reign within the "hollow crown / That rounds the mortal temples of a king" (3.2.156-57); the second episode leaves behind all of the previous recriminations, does not recapitulate... | |
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