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" All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp... "
Examination Christmas,1875 - Page 43
by Education Department,London - 1876
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murdcr'd :— for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ! Allowing him a breath, a little scene To...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps deatli his court: and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ! Allowing...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 434 pages
...variety of action.* And Shakspeare personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly fanciful : -Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples...sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchise, be fear'd, ;md kill with looks; Infusing him...
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Elements of Criticism, Volume 2

Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 458 pages
...Shakspeare personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly fanciful : i — n — ' — Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Kreps Death his court; and there the antic sils, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 348 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd;1 Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the antick sits,* Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 16

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 456 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd1 ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd :—For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the antick sits 2 , Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene,...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 18

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 648 pages
...made sport by mocking the graver personages. JOHNSON. In King Richard II. we have the same image : " within the hollow crown " That rounds the mortal temples of a king " Keeps death his court : find there the antick sits " Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp." STEBVBNS. It is not improbable...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poisoned by their wives ; some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd. — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples...sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks ; Infusing him...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: King John ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 372 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples...king, Keeps death his court : and there the antic sits,T Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize,...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 504 pages
...ghosts they have depos'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'cl; All murder'd: — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the an tick sits, 8 Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene...
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