He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;
Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII
-- Act iv, Sc. 2
Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading;
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,
But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII
-- Act iv, Sc. 2
Related:
- So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him!
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Henry VIII -- Act iv, Sc.... - He was a man
Of an unbounded stomach.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Henry VIII -- Act iv, Sc.... - Yet in bestowing, madam,
He was most princely.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Henry VIII -- Act iv, Sc.... - Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII ... - An old man, broken with the storms of state,
Is come to lay his weary bones among ye:
Give him a little earth for charity! -- William Shakespeare... - There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them
is fat and grows old.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry IV --... - He gave his honours to the world again,
His blessed part to heaven,
and slept in peace. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)... - Brain him with his lady's fan.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
King Henry IV -- Act ii, Sc.... - Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all; all shall die.
How a good yoke of bullocks at Stamford fair? -- William...
