...or, as Shakspeare has said, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." " T come no more to make you laugh ; things now That bear...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." III. The historical guides followed by Shakspeare in this play are — The Life of Cardinal Wolsey,...

...that falls upon us from Heaven ; let us dwell upon it in no frivolous spirit, but in deep solemnity. " Things now That bear a weighty and a serious brow,...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." Let us keep before us the great fact — the violent enslavement of forty hundreds of thousands of...

...the brilliancy of his wit and the genuineness of his humour, turn to other and loftier themes : — " I come no more to make you laugh ; things now, That...working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes aa draw the eye to flow We now present." * But the influence of time in the formation and direction...

...OFFICERS, GUARDS, and other ATTENDANTS. SCENE, chiefly in London and "Westminster ; once at Kimbolton. PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh ; things...serious brow, Sad, high, and working, full of state and woo, Such noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they...

...almost historical veracity : he proclaims that he is about to make unwonted demands upon their pity. " I come no more to make you laugh : things now That...working, full of state and woe, Such noble scenes as cause the eye to flow, We now present. . . . Therefore, for goodness' sake, as you are known The first...

...Spirits. SCENE : London; Westminster ; Kimbolton. THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF KING HENRY VIII. THE PROLOGUE. I COME no more to make you laugh : things...to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here 5 May, if they think it well, let fall a tear; The subject will deserve it. Such as give Their money...

...the brilliancy of his wit and the genuineness of his humour, turn to other and loftier themes : — " I come no more to make you laugh ; things now, That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow We now present." * But the influence of time in the formation and direction of the poetical power must also be taken...

...most remarkable Prologue of the few which are attached to Shakspere's plays. It thus commences : — " I come no more to make you laugh ; things now, That...noble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present." Tt is, to our minds, a perfect exposition of the principle upon which the poet worked in the construction...

...Attendants. Spirits. SCENE — Chiefly in London and Westminster; once at Kimbolton. PROLOGUE. I COMB no more to make you laugh: things now, That bear a...Sad, high, and working, full of state and woe, Such iioble scenes as draw the eye to flow, We now present. Those that can pity, here May, if they think...

...the capture at Harper's Ferry of Captain John Brown and his associates. See Note VII. (153) * » " Things now, That bear a weighty and a serious brow,...scenes as draw the eye to flow, "We now present." Let us keep before us tne great fact — the violent enslavement of forty hundreds of thousands of...