 | 1821 - 614 pages
...the death of Edward II. with the fall of Mortimer, who delivers the following characteristic Unes : Base Fortune, now I see that in thy wheel There is...men aspire, They tumble headlong down : that point I touch 'd; And seeing there was DO place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - English drama - 1825 - 422 pages
...Than sue for life unto a paltry boy. King. Hence with the traitor! with the murderer! Mortimer junior. Base fortune, now I see, that in thy wheel There is...They tumble headlong down : that point I touch'd, * Probably shewing a paper. And seeing there was no place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English drama - 1825 - 426 pages
...Hence with the traitor ! with the murderer! Mortimer junior. Base fortune, now I see, that in thy wheel And seeing there was no place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall ? Farewell, fair Queen, weep not for Mortimer, That scorns the world, and, as a traveller, Goes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 488 pages
...who commands you To render up the great seal presently 18 Thus in Marlowe's King Edward II. : — ' Base fortune, now I see that in thy wheel There is...mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall ?' 19 The time of this play is from 1521, just before the duke of Buckingham's commitment, to... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - Dramatists, English - 1826 - 1070 pages
...QUEEN. For my sake, sweet son, pity Mortimer. KING. Hence with the traitor! with the murderer! Y. MoR. Base fortune, now I see. that in thy wheel There is...mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall ? Farewell, fair queen ; weep not for Mortimer, That scorns the world, and, as a traveller, Goes... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1826 - 348 pages
...QUEEN. For my sake, sweet son, pity Mortimer. KING. Hence with the traitor! with the murderer ! Y. MoR. Base fortune, now I see, that in thy wheel There is...mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall ? Farewell, fair queen ; weep not for Mortimer, That scorns the world, and, as a traveller, Goes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 484 pages
...who commands you To render up the great seal presently 18 Thus in Marlowe's King Edward II. : — ' Base fortune, now I see that in thy wheel There is...when men aspire They tumble headlong down. That point J touch'd; And seeing there was no place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 646 pages
...•Vur. The king that gave it. 1 Thus in Marlowe's Kin- Edward II :— * Base fortune, now I нее P * T/mt point /towcA'rf; And tteeing there wae no place to mount up higher, Why ahnuld I grieve at my... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe, Alexander Dyce - English drama - 1850 - 460 pages
...Than sue for life unto a paltry boy. EDW. THIRD. Hence with the traitor, with the murderer ! Y. MOR. Base Fortune, now I see, that in thy wheel There is...mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall ? — Farewell, fair queen : weep not for Mortimer, That scorns the world, and, as a traveller,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 592 pages
...englouti le lendemain. C'est là la pensée maîtresse du Faust, le plus grand drame de Marlowe : conBase Fortune, now I see that in thy wheel There is a point...They tumble headlong down. That point I touch'd, And seing that there was no place to mount highor. Why should 1 grieve to my declining fall? Farewell,... | |
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And, seeing there was no place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall? Farewell, fair queen; weep not for Mortimer, That scorns the world, and, as a traveller, Goes to discover countries yet unknown. 
