 When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough : this earth, that bears thee dead, Bears not alive so stout a gentleman.  Thirteen Satires of Juvenal - Page 126by Juvenal - 1878Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...And food for — [Dies. P. Hen. For worms, brave Percy. Fare thee well8, great heart ! — Ill-weav'd ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! When that this...body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough : — this earth that bears thee... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1842 - 470 pages
...flame, is still and quiet as the meanest of the dead. " Ill-wcaved ambition, how much art thou shrank! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough." After the death of Mrs. Sheares,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 470 pages
...And food for — [Dies. P. Hen. For worms, brave Percy. Fare thee well, great heart! — Ill-weav'd ambition , how much art thou shrunk ! When that this...body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; Bat now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough : — this earth that bears thee... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Frederick Beilby Watson - Bible - 1843 - 264 pages
...penny, and his "pia mater is not worth the ninth part of a sparrow. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, ii. 1. SPIRIT. When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. 1 HENRY IV. v. 4. STARS. I see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...And food for^— [Dirt. P. Hen. For worms, brave Percy; Fare thee well, great heart ! — Ill-weav'd i ] v Ե 4+ @& ʝq "\4.Zy i M 9 4 0 $ J} + Ct S Z Л kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. —... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 516 pages
...worms, brave Percy: Fare thee well, great heart!— Ill weav'd ambition, how much art thou shrank! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound6; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough: — This earth, that bears thee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 470 pages
...Percy, thou art dust, And food for [dies. P. Hen. For worms, brave Percy ! Fare thee well, great heart ! Ill-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! When...body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. This earth, that bears thee... | |
 | Joseph Greenwood - Afghan Wars - 1844 - 396 pages
...How truly do the words of our immortal poet apply to the sad fate of the Great Napoleon ! Ill weav'd ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! When that this...body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. We passed the island with a spanking... | |
 | Alfred Day (LL.D.) - English language - 1844 - 184 pages
...English, we have ' a prince called Hector, Priam is his father/ Shak. Troilus and Cress, act i. sc. 3 : ' when that this body did contain a spirit, a kingdom for it was too small a bound ;' I. Henry IV. act v. sc. 4. In a somewhat similar manner the English translators of... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...enough for him now, for whom the whole world was no enough " — reminding us of Shakespeare's words : " When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; Bat now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. " In the epitaph of Cyrus, King... | |
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