 | John Pairman Brown - 1995 - 448 Seiten
...Paris: Klincksieck, 1985; p. 31. 48 FGH 688 F 16.64 from Photius Bib. 72 pp. 43b-44a. Tamburlaine. Is it not passing brave to be a king And ride in triumph through Persepolis? Techelles. O, my lord, it is sweet and full of pomp! Usumcasane. To be a king, is half to be a god.... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...William" (1907). Glamour Omar Khayyam, st. 1 2, trans, by Edward FitzGerald, first edition (1859). Is it not passing brave to be a King, And ride in triumph through Persepolis? CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, (1564-1593) British dramatist, poet. Tamburlane, in 7amburlaine the Great, pt.... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1998 - 550 Seiten
...through Persepolis. Exeunt [all except] Tamburlaine, Techelles, Theridamas, Usumcasane TAMBURLAINE 'And ride in triumph through Persepolis'? 50 Is it...Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king0 And ride in triumph through Persepolis? TECHELLES O my lord, 'tis sweet and full of pomp. 55... | |
 | Marion Zimmer Bradley - 1998 - 356 Seiten
...drank it anyway, out of perversity, thinking vaguely about sun cream and enlarging Wycherly's wardrobe. "Is it not passing brave to be a king, and ride in triumph through Persepolis. " A half-remembered quote from his college days floated through Wycherly's head. He felt an odd, uncomfortable... | |
 | Brian B. Ritchie - 1999 - 362 Seiten
...of the crown as the object of aspiration are chief concerns of Tamburlaine; he says such things as : 'Is it not passing brave to be a king, / And ride in triumph through Persepolis?' (2. 5. 53) and 'That perfect bliss and sole felicity, / The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.' (2.... | |
 | Brian B. Ritchie - 1999 - 362 Seiten
...of the crown as the object of aspiration are chief concerns of Tamburlaine; he says such things as : 'Is it not passing brave to be a king, / And ride in triumph through Persepolis?' (2. 5. 53) and 'That perfect bliss and sole felicity, / The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.' (2.... | |
 | Brian B. Ritchie - 1999 - 362 Seiten
...the erown as the objeet of aspiration are ehief eoneerns of Tamburlaine; he says sueh things as : '1s it not passing brave to be a king, / And ride in triumph through Persepolis?' (2. 5. 53) and That perfeet bliss and sole felieity, / The sweet fruition of an earthly erown.' (2.... | |
 | Alan John Fletcher - 2000 - 548 Seiten
...the occasion of their official visits, as the next chapter will reveal. Provincial Pomps and Triumphs 'Is it not passing brave to be a King, / And ride in triumph through Persepolis?' Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlainc /, Act II, sc. v Very few English kings, and no queens, were ever... | |
 | Elaine Sciolino - 2000 - 414 Seiten
...men say? Night is with child! What will she bring to birth? HAFIZ, FOURTEENTH-CENTURY PERSIAN POET Is it not passing brave to be a King, And ride in triumph through Persepolis? TAMBURLAINE, CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE ./Vf ,MIR MAHALLATI has an air of elegance about him. He always stands... | |
 | John Huntington - 2001 - 218 Seiten
...discussion in Tamburlaine, part I, on whether or not to become kings, beginning with the famous lines, "Is it not passing brave to be a King / And ride in triumph through PersepolisT (758-59). Theridimas, when asked if he wants to be a king, can say "though I praise it,... | |
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And ride in triumph through Persepolis!" Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles? Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king, "And ride in triumph through Persepolis? 
