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" O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity... "
The Works of William Shakespeare - Page 549
by William Shakespeare - 1866
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The History of the Life and Times of Cardinal Wolsey: Prime Minister to King ...

Joseph Grove - 1748 - 474 pages
...If he gathered with one Hand, he as " freely beftowed it with the other. He entertained 800 " Domef" An old Man, broken with the Storms of State, " Is...Earth for Charity." So went to Bed ; where eagerly his Sicknefs Purfued him ftill, and three Nights after this, About the Hour of eight, (which he himfelf...
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Shakespeare's King Henry the eighth, a historical play, revised ..., Volume 226

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 80 pages
...roads, he came to Leicester; Lodg'd in the abbey ; where the reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him ; To whom he gave these words,...come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a Tittle earth for charity ! 3o went to bed: where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still ; and, three...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 pages
...roads,2 he came to Leicester, Lodg'd in the abbey ; where the reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him ; To whom he gave these words,...earth for charity ! So went to bed : where eagerly nis sickness Pursu'd him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...these boys, And writ as little beard. SL-.difcare. 6. To crush ordestioy the strength of the body. 0 father abbot ! An old man, broken with the storms...his weary bones among; ye ; Give him a little earth tor charity. Sbahpeare. The breaking ofthat parliament Broke him ; as that dishonest victory At Chxronea,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...reverend abbot, ith all his convent, honourably receiv'd him ; To whom he gave these words — '" O my son ! thou art preparing fire lor us ; look thee,...but myself could move thee, I have been blown out stifl ; and, three nights after this. About the hour of cigjrt, (which he himself Foretold should'...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 454 pages
...reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him ; To whom he gave these words, — " O father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of...him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour\of eight, (which he himself Foretold, should be his last,) full of repentance, Continual meditations,...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...roads, he came to Leicester, Lodg d in the abbey ; where the reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him ; To whom he gave these words,...come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a Iittle earth for charity ! So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness Pursu'd him still : and, three...
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A Walk Through Leicester: Being a Guide to Strangers: Containing a ...

Susanna Watts - 1820 - 100 pages
...the reverend abbot, With all his convent, honourably receiv'd him; To whom he gave these words, ' O, father abbot, ' An old man, broken with the storms...among ye; ' Give him a little earth for charity.'" Shakupear— Henry fill. But, however barren this spot may seem to be of ancient relics, it is not...
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The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death ...

Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1821 - 304 pages
...advanced to mee him, with much resr'ect and reverence, Shakspeare makes him address them "O fatherabbot! An old man broken with the storms of state, Is come...bones among ye : Give him a little earth for charity." He immediately took to his hed, whence he never rose more. A little hefore he eitpired, he said to...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

1839 - 608 pages
...abbot, With all his convent, honourably received him ; To whom he gave these words : ' O father abbot I An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come...weary bones among ye : Give him a little earth for charily !' So went to bed, where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and three nights after this,...
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