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" God knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement... "
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ... - Page 39
by Samuel Johnson - 1805
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Illustrated ; Embracing ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 554 pages
...indiscriminately the one for the other. Truth is.always used for loyalty. By what by-paths, and indirect, crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well, How...head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth....
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The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1850 - 580 pages
...it. Potable gold was one of the panacea of ancient quacks. By what by-paths, and indirect, crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well, How...head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth....
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Half hours of English history, selected and illustr. by C. Knight, Volume 1

English history - 1851 - 706 pages
...latest counsel That ever I shall breathe. Heaven knows, my son, By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well How...head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With nie into the earth....
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The speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ...

William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...latest counsel That ever I shall breathe. Heav'n knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crooked ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well How...head. To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth....
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 pages
...latest counsel That ever I shall breathe. Heaven knows, my son, By what by-paths, and indirect, crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well, How...head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth....
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The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere: Comedies ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 544 pages
...preparation of gold to which great virtues were formerly ascribed. By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, I met this crown ; and I myself know well How...head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goes With me into the earth....
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...counsel / That ever I shall breathe. Heaven knows, my son, By what by-paths, and indirect crook'd ways, I I met this crown; and I myself know well, How troublesome it sat upon my head; To thee it shall descend v/ith better quiet, Better opinion, better confirmation; For all the soilj of the achievement goes...
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The comedies, histories, tragedies and poems of William Shakspere ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 546 pages
...great virtues were formerly aseribed. By what by-paths, and indirect erook 'd ways, I met this erown ; and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon...head : To thee it shall descend with better quiet. Better opinion, better confirmation ; For all the soil of the achievement goos With me into the earth....
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1927 - 782 pages
...personal taint and is expiated by suffering : ' God knows, my son, By what bye-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown ; and I myself know well, How troublesome it sat npon my head.' But the young Prince Henry would ascend the throne by an hereditary title : ' With better...
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Shakespeare's English Kings, the People, and the Law: A Study in the ...

Edna Zwick Boris - 1978 - 274 pages
...him rule well. Henry's telling the prince, God knows, my son, By what by-paths and indirect crook'd ways I met this crown, and I myself know well How troublesome it sat upon my head, (4.5.183-86) indicate his responsibility for what has happened. I do not think, however, that one should...
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