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 - 1850 - 576 pages
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 606 pages
...lor [Dies. Lies on my tongue.—No, Percy, thou art dust, P. Hen. For worms, brave Percy. Fare thee 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... | |
| Amlin Gray - Drama - 1981 - 44 pages
...thou hast robbed me of my youth. (He dies.) HAL. Adieu, brave Hotspur. Fare thee well, great heart. 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. I'll cover up thy face. (He lays... | |
| James C. Bulman - Drama - 1985 - 276 pages
...over Hotspur's corpse that fixes his tragedy firmly in the outmoded de casibus tradition: 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. (5.4.88-92) consciousness that,... | |
| Orson Welles - Performing Arts - 1988 - 356 pages
...For worms, brave Percy. 906. The Prince, as in 901. PR1NCE: Fare thee well, great heart. / Hl-weaved 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 / 1s room enough. This earth that bears thee... | |
| Lars Engle - Drama - 1993 - 284 pages
...diminished and thus potentially on how much Hal has expanded: 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; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. This earth that bears thee dead... | |
| William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 pages
...thou art dust, And food for - He dies PRINCE HAL 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 90 74 Well said well done! 82 / could prophesy.... | |
| Peggy O'Brien - Historical drama, English - 1994 - 244 pages
...sheen of chivalry upon him in his generous tribute to the dead Hotspur: 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 dead... | |
| Marcus Noll - Dreams in literature - 1994 - 184 pages
...seiner Leiche sogar eine gewisse tragische Größe erreicht: Fare thee well, great heart! Dl-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk! When that this...body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound;[...] This earth that bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman.[...] Adieu,... | |
| Murray Cox, Alice Theilgaard - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 482 pages
...alter-ego and sparring partner, Hotspur, finishes the unfinished line: 'For worms, brave Percy. . . 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.' (I Henry /KV.4.76) Dramatic presentation... | |
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