Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
Now, as a schoolboy,
Does kiss the rod that gave him chastisement.
_Richard II_, V., 1, 31:
And wilt thou, pupil-like,
Take thy correction mildly, kiss the rod?
_Two Gentlemen of Verona_, I., 2, 58:
That, like a testy babe, will scratch the nurse,
And presently, all humbled, kiss the rod.
_Unnatural Combat_, IV., 2, 6:
Let his passion work, and like a hot-reined horse
’Twill quickly tire itself.
_Henry VIII_, I., 1, 132-4:
Anger is like
A full-hot horse, who being allow’d his way
Self-mettle tires him.
_Emperor of the East_, III., 1, 2:
A sudden fever
Kept me at home.
_Henry VIII_, I., 1, 5:
An untimely ague
Stay’d me a prisoner in my chamber.
_A Very Woman_, II., 1, 20:
The furnace of your father’s anger.
_Bondman_, III., 3, 170:
Or yield up
Our bodies to the furnace of their fury,
Thrice heated with revenge.
_Henry VIII_, I., 1, 140:
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.
_Virgin Martyr_, V., 2, 158:
And now, in the evening,
When thou should’st pass with honour to thy rest,
Wilt thou fall like a meteor?
_Henry VIII_, III., 2, 226:
I shall fall
Like a bright exhalation in the evening,
And no man see me more.
_Guardian_, V., 4, 115:
In this casket are
Inestimable jewels.
_Richard III_, I., 4, 27:
Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.
_Picture_, I., 2, 17:
Since this bubble honour
(Which is indeed the nothing soldiers fight for)
With the loss of limbs or life, is in my judgment
Too dear a purchase.
_As You Like It_, II., 7, 152:
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon’s mouth.
_Picture_, II., 2, 136:
It continuing doubtful
Upon whose tents plum’d victory would take
Her glorious stand.
_Othello_, III., 3, 349:
Farewell the plumèd troops, and the big wars,
That make ambition virtue!
_Virgin Martyr_, V., 2, 82:
There is a scene that I must act alone.
_Romeo and Juliet_, IV., 3, 19:
My dismal scene I needs must act alone.
_Great Duke of Florence_, III., 1, 57:
What you deliver to me shall be lock’d up
In a strong cabinet, of which you yourself
Shall keep the key.
_Hamlet_, I., 3, 85.
’Tis in my memory locked,
And you yourself shall keep the key of it.
_Believe as You List_, I., 2, 18:
When he smiles, let such
Beware as have to do with him, for then,
Sans doubt, he’s bent on mischief.
_Hamlet_, I., 5, 107:
Meet it is I set it down,
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
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