...audience that ever listened to its theatrical recital. " Fure tbee well, great heart 1— Hl-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk When that this...now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough : — Adieu, and take thy praise with thee to heaven I Thy ignominy sleep with thee within the grave,...

...ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it wag too small a bound ; But now, two paces of the vilest...thou wert sensible of courtesy, I should not make so great a show of zeal : — But let my favours hide thy mangled face ; And, even in thy behalf, I '11...

...throne. Hotspur himself fell on that stoutlycontested field : " fare thee well, great heart ! Dl-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! When that this...bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman." News of the disaster and the death of his heroic son reached the Earl of Northumberland on his march....

...lay his weary bones among ye : Give him a little earth for charity 1 Henry VII/., Act. iv., Sc. 2. Ill-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! When...now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough. Henry JV.t Part /., Act v., Sc. 4. And these quotations bring to mind the curious verbal analogy between...

...thou shrunk ! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; 90 But now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough....thou wert sensible of courtesy, I should not make so great a shew of zeal : — But let my favours hide thy mangled face, And, even in thy behalf, 1 11...

...deep-thinking there is running through his generous conduct over the defeated and dying Hotspur ! " Ill-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk, When...now, two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough ;— " Unlike Hotspur, the actions of Hal were not the result of impulsive gushes or starts, but rather...

...Shakespeare's King Henry IV, Part I., act v., scene 4 (Prince Henry's speech over Hotspur's body) : — " Ill-weaved ambition, how much art thou shrunk ! When,...now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough." In Shakespeare's King Henry VI, Part III. (act v., scene 2), Warwick, "the King-maker," says: — "...

...consideration of it, lay underneath the outside of the man who rioted with Falstaff and his crew.1 Fare thee well, great heart ! Ill-weaved ambition,...bears thee dead Bears not alive so stout a gentleman. 1 This impression is deepened by his farewell to Falstaff, whom he suppose* to be dead on the battlefield....

...thou shrunk! When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound ; 90 But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough...courtesy, I should not make so dear a show of zeal : 95 But let my favours hide thy mangled face; And, even in thy behalf, I'll thank myself For doing...

...substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. Hamlet. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 264. 10 Ill-weav'd ke pleasant on the sense, most Henry IV. Pi. 1. ActV. Sc. 4. L. 88. 11 Virtue is chok'd with foul ambition. Henry VI. Ft. II. Act...