 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...advantage of his grace, By seeming cold, or careless of his will, For he is gracious, if he be observ'd. He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity ; Yet, notwithstanding, being incens'd, he's flint, As humorous as winter, and as sudden As flaws congealed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Drama - 1926 - 332 pages
...charity": Lines from Shakespeare's // Henry IV, IV, iv, 31-32, inaccurately quoted. The original line is: " "He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity." Sheridan wrote the line correctly, except for a "the" before "day"; the error appears in current texts.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1927 - 990 pages
...advantage of his grace By seeming cold or careless of his will; For he is gracious, if he be observ'd: 30 He hath a tear for pity and a hand Open as day for melting charity: Yet notwithstanding, being incens'd, he's flint, As humorous as winter and as sudden As flaws congealed... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1928 - 128 pages
...Boys.' 22. a heart to pity . . .for melting charity. Slightly misquoted from 2 Henry IV, TV. iv, 1. 31 : He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. 28. a friendly Jew ... It was the character of Moses that nearly held up the play before its first... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1902 - 236 pages
...advantage of his graee, By seeming cold, or careless of his will. For he is gracious, if he be observ'd : He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity: Yet notwithstanding, being ineens'd, he's Hint; As humorous as winter, and as sudden As flaws congealed... | |
 | Derek Traversi - Literary Criticism - 1957 - 214 pages
...value of men, offers further insight into the family character: For he is gracious, if he be observed: He hath a tear for pity and a hand Open as day for melting charity: Yet notwithstanding, being incensed, he's flint, As humorous as winter, and as sudden As flaws congealed... | |
 | Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
...advantage of his grace By seeming cold or careless of his will; For he is gracious, if he be observ'd: He hath a tear for pity and a hand Open as day for melting charity; Yet notwithstanding, being incens'd, he's flint, As humorous as winter, and as sudden As flaws congealed... | |
 | Crabbe - Literary Criticism - 1967 - 492 pages
...her miserable home, To think of comforts lost, and brood on wants to come. 590 312 17. RESENTMENT She hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity ; Yet, notwithstanding, being incensed, is flint — Her temper, therefore, must be well observ'd. 2 Henry... | |
 | Alan Sinfield - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 384 pages
...nearer the truth when he describes the prince as having his feminine qualities under proper restriction: He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity: Yet notwithstanding, being incens'd, he's flint. The dominance of the latter quality in the reign of Henry... | |
 | Tabitha Tenney - American fiction - 1992 - 370 pages
...'"open as day to melting charity'": William Shakespeare, Henry the Fourth, Second Part, IV. iv. 31-32: "He hath a tear for pity and a hand / Open as day for melting charity." 15.34 "Harriet Caroline Clementina": Harriet Byron, Caroline Grandison, and Clementina della Porretta,... | |
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