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" O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity... "
The Life of Henry VIII. - Page 70
by William Shakespeare - 1732 - 95 pages
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 644 pages
...him : To whom he gave these words, — " O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him...earth for charity !" So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and three nights after this, About the hour of eight, which he himself...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 350 pages
...; To whom he gave these words ; — ' O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye : •Give...for charity ! ' So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself...
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The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 634 pages
...him : To whom he gave these words, — " O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him...earth for charity!" So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and three nights after this, About the hour of eight, which he himself...
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The Children's Magazine and Missionary Repository, Volume 9

Children's literature - 1846 - 872 pages
...these words,— 0 father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of stale Is come to lay his wean/ bones among ye ; Give him a- little earth for charity ! So went to bed; where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and, three nights after this About the hour of eight (which he himself...
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The Lamp [ed. by T.E. Bradley]., Volume 1

Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1856 - 844 pages
...him : To whom he gave these words : ' O Father Abbot, An old nun, broken with the storm* of State, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity I ' So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Panned him still ; and three* nights after this, About...
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Shakespeare for Recitation: Selected Scenes and Passages

William Shakespeare - Recitations - 1904 - 236 pages
...him : To whom he gave these words : " O ! father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him...earth for charity." So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still; and three nights after this, About the hour of eight,—which he himself...
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Shakspere: Personal Recollections

John Alexander Joyce - Shakespeare in fiction, drama, poetry, etc - 1904 - 362 pages
...words of the old, ruined Cardinal : "O, Father Abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity! I have touched the highest point of all my greatness And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste...
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The Personal Shakespeare, Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1904 - 492 pages
...broken with the stormes of State, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye: 30 13. thanke: think-2-4F. Give him a little earth for Charity. So went to bed; where eagerly his sicknesse Pursu'd him still, and three nights after this, About the houre of eight, which he himselfe...
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The Story of the Greatest Nations: From the Dawn of History to the ..., Volume 6

Edward Sylvester Ellis - World history - 1905 - 410 pages
...has Shakespeare shown him as saying: " О Father Abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state. Is come to lay his weary bones among ye : Give him a little earth for charity ! " A new ministry was formed in October, 1529, in which, for the first time, the highest places were...
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Stokes' Encyclopedia of Familiar Quotations: Containing Five Thousand ...

Quotations - 1906 - 810 pages
...moves my bones.' SHAKESPEARE, Inscription over His Tomb An old man, broken with the storms of state. Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little earth for charity! SHAKESPEARE, King Henry VIII, iv, 2 Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold; Thou hast no speculation...
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