...Pand. You hold too heinous a respect of grief. Const. He talks to me that never had a son. K. Phil. You are as fond of grief as of your child. Const....his form: Then, have I reason to be fond of grief? VI. ON Music From Newman, University Sermons (quoted in RH Mutton's Cardinal Newman). There are seven...

...Shakespeare has beautifully painted this passion, in the lamentation of Constance for her son, in King John: Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form; Then have I reason to be fond of grief? O Lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son; My life, my joy, my food, my all the world. Some such expressions...

...but as she leaves, she pulls it all down again, and her confused words mirror her distracted reason: Grief fills the room up of my absent child: Lies in...than you do. I will not keep this form upon my head, When there is such disorder in my wit: O Lord, my boy, my Arthur, my fair son, My life, my joy, my...

...knows that, without her son, her own position, privilege and safety are threatened. King John CONSTANCE Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do. She unbinds her hair. I will not keep this form upon my head When there is such disorder in my wit....

...pretty Arthur more. 'As fond of grief you say, 'as of my child' He talks to me that never had a son. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...his form: Then have I reason to be fond of grief. O Lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son! My life, my joy, my food, my all the world! King John, Act...

...but as she leaves, she pulls it all down again, and her confused words mirror her distracted reason: Grief fills the room up of my absent child: Lies in...than you do. I will not keep this form upon my head, When there is such disorder in my wit: O Lord, my boy, my Arthur, my fair son, My life, my joy, my...

...talks to me that never had a son. KING PHILIP. You aie as fond of grief as of your child. CONSTANCE. ANDRONICUS. When there is such disorder in my wit. 0 Lord! my boy, my Arthur, my fair son! My life, my joy, my...

...Constance is grief stricken over the death of her child, Arthur, Duke of Bretagne and nephew of King John. Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in...reason to be fond of Grief. Fare you well. Had you such loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do. I will not keep this form upon my head When there...

...dignity, a Wealth, a bubble, A queen in jest, only to fit the scene. [Richard III, IV.iv.82-91] (23) Grief fills the room up of my absent child: Lies in...his form. Then have I reason to be fond of grief? [Kingjohn, III.iv.93-98] (24) This shoe is my father. No, this left shoe is my father. No, no this...

...her to control herself with their inability to empathise: He talks to me that never had a son . . . Grief fills the room up of my absent child Lies in...his form. Then have I reason to be fond of grief? (3.4.91,93-8). Fittingly famous for its lyrical beauty, this speech steers the direction of the play....