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Page 82
... fight longer than he sees reason , I'll forswear arms . " To fight no longer than he sees reason is another version of Falstaff's famous aphorism : " Discretion is the better part of valour . " This is not the counsel of cowardice , but ...
... fight longer than he sees reason , I'll forswear arms . " To fight no longer than he sees reason is another version of Falstaff's famous aphorism : " Discretion is the better part of valour . " This is not the counsel of cowardice , but ...
Page 377
... fight to avoid it . In moving words he describes his utter loneliness and despair : I have lived long enough . My way of life Is fall'n into the sear , the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age , As honour , love ...
... fight to avoid it . In moving words he describes his utter loneliness and despair : I have lived long enough . My way of life Is fall'n into the sear , the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age , As honour , love ...
Page 397
... fight , I'll make Death love me , for I will contend Even with his pestilent scythe . But Enobarbus senses the doom in the desperation : Now he'll outstare the lightning . To be furious Is to be frighted out of fear , and in that mood ...
... fight , I'll make Death love me , for I will contend Even with his pestilent scythe . But Enobarbus senses the doom in the desperation : Now he'll outstare the lightning . To be furious Is to be frighted out of fear , and in that mood ...
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Introduction to the Histories | 3 |
Joan La Pucelle | 15 |
Richard II | 28 |
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