 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - Great Britain - 1918 - 320 pages
...revealed his character in Henry VI (Part III, Act III, Scene 2). " Why I can smile, and murder whiles I smile ; And cry ' content ' to that which grieves...I'll play the orator as well as Nestor ; Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could ; And like a Sinon, take another Troy : I can add colours to the chameleon,... | |
 | A. Bartlett Giamatti - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 196 pages
...culmination of the Duke of Gloucester's soliloquy in Henry VI, Part III. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry "Content" to that which grieves my...I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colors to the Chameleon,... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...that bears this head Be round impaled with a glorious crown, ... Why, I can smile, and murther whiles I smile, And cry, "Content," to that which grieves...I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. 1 can add colours to the chameleon,... | |
 | Meredith Anne Skura - Drama - 1993 - 348 pages
...III certainly used playing to impose his will on the audience and make the world mirror his desire: I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, . . . And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. (3H6 3.2.187-90) Richard, like a modern actor, realizes... | |
 | Theodor Meron - History - 1998 - 360 pages
...torment I will free myself, Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and mueder whiles I smile, And cry "Content!" to that which grieves...I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could. And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colours to the chameleon.... | |
 | Theodor Meron - Law - 1998 - 257 pages
...torment I will free myself, Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry "Content!" to that which grieves...I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take another Troy. I can add colours to the chameleon,... | |
 | John Julius Norwich - History - 2001 - 438 pages
...Gloucester, who in a long and magnificent soliloquy makes his first clear declaration of his ambitions: I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more...slily than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take anotlier Troy. I can add colours to the chameleon, Change shapes widi Proteus for advantages, And set... | |
 | Agnes Heller - Fiction - 2002 - 390 pages
...gets close to perfection: "Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, / And cry 'content!' to what which grieves my heart, / And wet my cheeks with artificial...basilisk; / I'll play the orator as well as Nestor. ... I can add colors to the chameleon, / Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, / And set the murderous... | |
 | Erika Fischer-Lichte - Art - 2002 - 410 pages
...grieves my heart. And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. . . . I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more...slily than Ulysses could, And, like a Sinon, take anotherTroy. I can add colours to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, And set... | |
 | Chris Coculuzzi, William Shakespeare, Matt Toner - 2005 - 56 pages
...Sovereignty, And so I chide the means that keeps me from it, And so (I say) I'll cut the Causes off. I'll drown more Sailors than the Mermaid shall, I'll...I'll play the Orator as well as Nestor, Deceive more slyly than Ulysses could, And like a Sinon, take another Troy! HOLINSHED gingerly takes his microphone... | |
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I smile ; And cry, content, to that which grieves my heart ; And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall ; I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk ; I'll play the orator as... 
