 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. 'Tis the curse of service ; Preferment goes by letter, and affection, Not by the old gradation, where... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 648 pages
...we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, Q More pangs and fears than wars or women have : And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CROMWELL, amazedly. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wot. What, amaz'd At my misfortunes... | |
 | George Daniel, John Cumberland - English drama - 1826 - 530 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and our ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CROMWELL, L. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Crom. (L.) I have no power to speak, sir. Wol. What, amazed At my misfortunes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 484 pages
...we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin 33, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again 33. — 31 Thus in Shakspeare's twenty-fifth Sonnet : — ' Great princes' favourites their fair leaves... | |
 | Thomas Storer - 1826 - 138 pages
...Henry the Eighth, Act iii. Sc. 2. O how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. P. 42. stanza 1. Danubie.~\ This is the true reading — from the cited passage in England's Parnassus.... | |
 | Robert W. Uphaus - Literary Criticism - 1981 - 172 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. (III.ii.365-72) Then, after declaring, "The King has cur'd me, / I humbly thank his Grace" (380-81),... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. (57) Act III, Scene 2: Wolsey has just spoken with his faithful follower and pupil, Cromwell, who now... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...smile we would aspire to. That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin. More pangs and fears than wars or women have. And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616), English dramatist, poet. Cardinal Wolsey, in Henry VIII, acl 3, sc.... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, Henry VIII, act III, scene ii, lines 350-72. Cardinal Wolsey is speaking about... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. 42 0 mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk... | |
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O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never... 
