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...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...

...personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly fanciful : -Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court;...his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchise, be fear'd, ;md kill with looks; Infusing him with self and vain conceit, AS if his flesh,...

...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 with self and vain...conceit, — As if this flesh, which walls about our Ufe, Were brass impregnable ; and, humour'd thus, Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through...

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...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...

...state, and slily issuing writs ; Leaving a breath to swell his tradesmen's books, To adonise, to smile, and kill with looks ; Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if his pleasures never check should meet, And, humour'd thus, comes up with Richard Roe, His shoulder...

...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, sepulchral hillock of earth which ascertains the length and breadth of the body beneath it. In this...

...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 : and there the antick sits " Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp." STEEVENS. It is not improbable that Shakspeare...