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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Put forth thy hand, reach at the glorious gold.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 1, sc. 2, l. 11<br />

Is this the fashion <strong>of</strong> the court <strong>of</strong> England?<br />

Is this the government <strong>of</strong> Britain’s isle,<br />

And this the royalty <strong>of</strong> Albion’s king?<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 1, sc. 3, l. [46]<br />

She bears a duke’s revenues on her back,<br />

And in her heart she scorns our poverty.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 1, sc. 3, l. [83]<br />

Could I come near your beauty with my nails<br />

I’d set my ten commandments in your face.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 1, sc. 3, l. [144]<br />

What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted!<br />

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,<br />

And he but naked, though locked up in steel,<br />

Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 3, sc. 2, l. 232<br />

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.<br />

Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close;<br />

And let us all to meditation.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 3, sc. 3, l. 31<br />

<strong>The</strong> gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day<br />

Is crept into the bosom <strong>of</strong> the sea.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. 1<br />

True nobility is exempt from fear:<br />

More can I bear than you dare execute.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. 129<br />

I say it was never merry world in England since gentlemen came up.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 4, sc. 2, l. [10]<br />

Cade: <strong>The</strong>re shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot<br />

shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. All the realm shall be in<br />

common, and in Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass. And when I am king,—as king I will be,<br />

—...there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel them all in<br />

one livery, that they may agree like brothers, and worship me their lord.<br />

Dick: <strong>The</strong> first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 4, sc. 2, l. [73]<br />

Is not this a lamentable thing, that <strong>of</strong> the skin <strong>of</strong> an innocent lamb should be made parchment?<br />

that parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man?<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 2’ (1592) act 4, sc. 2, l. [88]<br />

And Adam was a gardener.

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