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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Even now forsake me; and, <strong>of</strong> all my lands<br />

Is nothing left me but my body’s length.<br />

Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust?<br />

And, live we how we can, yet die we must.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 3’ (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 23<br />

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;<br />

<strong>The</strong> thief doth fear each bush an <strong>of</strong>ficer.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 3’ (1592) act 5, sc. 6, l. 11<br />

Down, down to hell; and say I sent thee thither.<br />

‘Henry VI, Part 3’ (1592) act 5, sc. 6, l. 67<br />

7.66.14 Henry VIII<br />

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot<br />

That it do singe yourself.<br />

‘Henry VIII’ (1613) act 1, sc. 1, l. 140<br />

If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me;<br />

I had it from my father.<br />

‘Henry VIII’ (1613) act 1, sc. 4, l. 26<br />

Go with me, like good angels, to my end;<br />

And, as the long divorce <strong>of</strong> steel falls on me,<br />

Make <strong>of</strong> your prayers one sweet sacrifice,<br />

And lift my soul to heaven.<br />

‘Henry VIII’ (1613) act 2, sc. 1, l. 75<br />

Chamberlain: It seems the marriage with his brother’s wife<br />

Has crept too near his conscience.<br />

Suffolk: No; his conscience<br />

Has crept too near another lady.<br />

‘Henry VIII’ (1613) act 2, sc. 2, l. [17]<br />

Heaven will one day open<br />

<strong>The</strong> king’s eyes, that so long have slept upon<br />

This bold bad man.<br />

‘Henry VIII’ (1613) act 2, sc. 2, l. [42].<br />

I would not be a queen<br />

For all the world.<br />

‘Henry VIII’ (1613) act 2, sc. 2, l. 45<br />

Orpheus with his lute made trees,<br />

And the mountain-tops that freeze,<br />

Bow themselves when he did sing:<br />

To his music plants and flowers<br />

Ever sprung; as sun and showers

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