Argumento de Henry Iv; With Introd., and Notes [explanatory and Critical, for Use In Schools and Families, ] Volume 1
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So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes;35 And, like bright metal on a sullen 36 ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off. I'll so offend, to37 make offence a skill; Redeeming time, when men think least I will. [Exit. Scene III. — The Same. A Room in the Palace. Enter King Henry, Northumberland, Worcester, Hot- Spur, Sir Walter Blunt, and others. King. My blood hath been too cold and temperate, Unapt to stir at these indignities, As you have found me; for, accordingly, You tread upon my patience : but be sure I will from henceforth rather be myself, Mighty and to be fear'd, than my condition;l 85 Hopes for expectations; no uncommon use of the word even now. 86 Sullen in its old sense of dark or black. See Richard II., page 161, note 6. 87 In such cases, the old poets often omit as after so. — Here Johnson notes as follows: " This speech is very artfully introduced, to keep the Prince from appearing vile in the opinion of the audience : it prepares them for his future reformation; and, what is yet more valuable, exhibits a natural picture of a great mind offering excuses to itself, and palliating those follies which it can neither justify nor forsake." 1 The King means that he will rather be what his office requires than what his natural disposition prompts him to be. The use of condition for temper or disposition was exceedingly common. Which hath been smooth as oil, soft as young down, And therefore lost that title of respect Which the proud soul ne'er pays but to the proud. War. Our House, my sovereign liege, ...0
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