 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 380 páginas
...exafted at your hands ? Kent to maintain, the king, the realm, and you, Large gifts have I bestow'd on learned clerks, Because my book preferr'd me to...— Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirits, 521 You cannot but forbear to murder me. This tongue hath parly'd unto foreign kings For your behoof... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 674 páginas
...the utmost, to &c. Steevens. The punctuation to which Dr. Johnson alludes, is that of the folio : * And — seeing ignorance is the curse of God, * Knowledge...the wing wherewith we fly to heaven,— * Unless you he possess'd with devilish spirits, * You cannot hut forhear to murder me. * * This tongue hath parley'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 páginas
...maintain, the king, the realm, and you r * Because my book preferr'd me to the king : * And—seeing ignorance is the curse of God, * Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven,— * You cannot but forbear to murder me. * Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirits, housing, which... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1813 - 416 páginas
...you? * Large gifts have I bestow'd on learned clerks, * Because my book preferr'd me to the king :3 * And — seeing ignorance is the curse of God, * Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven,— * When have I aught exacted at your hands, Kent to maintain, the king, the realm, and you ? Large gifts... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 páginas
...power by much the same means as are found to serve in the case of other men. He himself tells us that " ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven." Assuredly he was a great student as well as a great genius ; as full of aptness to learn as of force... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 páginas
...Lord Say's Apology for himself. Justice, with favor, have I always done ; Prayers and tears have mov'd me, gifts could never. When have I aught exacted at...fly to heaven, Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirit, You cannot but forbear to murder me. § 84. THE 3d. PART OT HENRY VI. SHAKSFEARE. The Trans... | |
 | 1840 - 876 páginas
...you may think the whole affair humbug from beginning to end, don't say so. Quote Shakespeare — " Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to Heaven,"— and the last return of the Old Bailey, in which, out of 368 persons convicted, 159 only could read... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 páginas
...exacted at your hands, Kent to maintain, the kin£, the realm, and you ? Large gifts have I bestow'd on learned clerks, Because my book preferr'd me to...curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly te heaven, — Unless, you be possess'd with devilish spirits, You cannot but forbear to murder me.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 612 páginas
...supported learning. I am inclined to think Kent slipped into this passage by chance, and would read : * And — seeing ignorance is the curse of God, * Knowledge...wing wherewith we fly to heaven, — * Unless you be possessed with devilish spirits, * You cannot but forbear to murder me. * This tongue hath parley'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 442 páginas
...exacted at your hands, * Kent to maintain, the king, the realm, and you ? * Large gifts have I bestow'd on learned clerks, * Because my book preferr'd me...to heaven, * Unless you be possess'd with devilish spirit, * You cannot but forbear to murder me. * This tongue hath parley'd unto foreign kings * For... | |
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And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven... 
