 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murdcr'd :— for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ! Allowing him a breath, a little scene To... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 552 pages
...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps deatli his court: and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ! Allowing... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1819 - 458 pages
...Shakspeare personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly fanciful : i — n — ' — Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Kreps Death his court; and there the antic sils, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd;1 Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the antick sits,* Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd1 ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd :—For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the antick sits 2 , Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 648 pages
...made sport by mocking the graver personages. JOHNSON. In King Richard II. we have the same image : " within the hollow crown " That rounds the mortal temples of a king " Keeps death his court : find there the antick sits " Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp." STEBVBNS. It is not improbable... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poisoned by their wives ; some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd. — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples...King, Keeps Death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples...king, Keeps death his court : and there the antic sits,T Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 504 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'cl; All murder'd: — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the an tick sits, 8 Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...depos'd some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping All murder'd :— For within the hollow crowa, 1 bat that ever 1 beard discourse, my lord. The. Pyramus draws near the wall: silenc sib, Scolhng his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene Io monarchize,... | |
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To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and... 
