 | 1837
...2 Steel Engravings by an eminent Artist, Is.— On Nov. 1. *»* To be published in Monthly Parts. " I have set my life upon a cast, and I will stand the hazard of the die."— SHAKSPEAHE. This work is compiled from the Notes of a Gentleman of Experience, and well known in the... | |
 | Frederick Chamier - 1837
...GAMESTER. BY CAPT. FREDERIC CHAMIER, RN AUTHOR OF " LIFE OF A SAILOR," " BEN BRACE," &c. "I have set ray life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die." SHAKSPEARE. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. I837. WALSINGHAM;... | |
 | Sallust - 1838 - 198 Seiten
...horse is slain, and all on foot he fights, Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.' 1 К. Richard. Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will...field : Five have I slain to-day instead of him.' When the leader finds that his bravest troops are fallen, and the battle is lost, he gathers his few... | |
 | Sallust - 1838
...and all on foot he fights, Seeking for Richmond in the throat of death.' ' К. Richard. Slave, I hare set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard...field : Five have I slain to-day instead of him.' When the leader finds that his bravest troops are fallen, and the battle is lost, he gathers his few... | |
 | 1840
...action. I have, as you know, always been the creature of impulse. It is now too late to reflect ; for ' I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.' " While uttering these lines with a theatrical air, he shook me by the hand, and before I had time... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1839 - 453 Seiten
...is lost. Here is the king. [Catesly.] Withdraw, my liege, I'll help you to a horse. [K. Richard. ] Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. I think there are six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day instead of him :— A horse ! a horse ! my... | |
 | 1839
...himself surrounded by enemies on every side; but, like another Richard, he resolved never to yield : ' I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.' One measure, however, which he took during his three years' dictatorship, gave great satisfaction —... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839
...surrounded by enemies on every side; hut, like another Richard, he resolved never to yield: 'I hnve set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.' One measure, however, which he took during his three years' dictatorship, gave great satisfaction—'he... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840
...action. I have, as you know, always been the creature of impulse. It is now too late to reflect; for ' I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die.' " While uttering these lines with a theatrical air, he shook me by the hand, and before I had time... | |
 | Saucy Jack ship - 1840
...adversary's side, who fell with a deep groan, exclaiming faintly, ' I am a dead man.'" CHAPTER V. " I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die." SlIAKM'EARK. BOTH Mrs. Willis and Miss Melrose could not forbear uttering a cry of horror at that part... | |
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Slave, I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die : I think, there be six Richmonds in the field; Five have I slain to-day, instead of him : — A horse ! a horse ! my kingdom for a horse ! [Exeunt. 
