 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 916 pages
...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd tastically. Sir To. Wherefore are these things hid ? wherefore have these gifts a curtai But heaven hath a hand in these events, To whose high will we bound our calm contents. To Bolingbroke... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...begging prince what beggar pities not ? R. III. i. 4. Had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. EH v. 2 If thou tell'st this heavy story right, Upon my soul the hearers will shed tears ; Yea, even... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pages
...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience), That had not God, for some strong purpose, steeled But heaven hath a hand in these events ; To whose high will we bound our calm contents. To Bolingbroke... | |
 | Louise Dudley - Literature - 1928 - 416 pages
...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.1 Duncan receives both tactile and olfactory sensations on his arrival at the castle of Macbeth,... | |
 | Sanders - Literary Criticism - 1980 - 404 pages
...our reaction to the summing up is extremely complex: . . .had not God for some strong purpose steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But heaven hath a hand in these events. . . v. ii. 34 For we know that York too hath had a hand in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1981 - 292 pages
...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God for some strong purpose steeled The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But heaven hath a hand in these events, To whose high will we bound our calm contents. To Bolingbroke... | |
 | Richard Shusterman - Criticism - 1984 - 248 pages
...and smiles (The badges of his grief and patience), That had not God (for some strong purpose) steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him."92 Dryden thus argues for the greatness of this passage by so focussing our reading of it that... | |
 | Paul N. Siegel - Great Britain - 1986 - 176 pages
...the face of the crowd's jeering, states (5.2.34-38): "Had not God, for some strong purpose, steeled / The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, / And barbarism itself have pitied him. / But Heaven hath a hand in these events, / To whose high will we bound our calm contents." So, too,... | |
 | Phyllis Rackin - Drama - 1990 - 276 pages
...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. But heaven hath a hand in these events, To whose high will we bound our calm contents. To Bullingbrook... | |
 | Michael E. Mooney - Drama - 1990 - 260 pages
...and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. (30-36) Here Richard carries his grief and patience with "tears and smiles" far different from those... | |
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God save him!' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home; But dust was thrown upon his sacred head; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for... 
