...murdered him; I had a mighty cause To wish him dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. Had none, my lord! why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It...of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life; And, on the winking of authority, To...

...murdered him ; I had a mighty cause To wish him dead, but thou hadst none to kill him. Hub. Had none, my lord ! why, did you not provoke me ? K. John. It...of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To...

...should your fears," &c. The explanation given by Mr. Malone might have sufficed. SCENE 2. Page 137. K. JOHN. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant To hreak within the bloody house of life. Mr. Malone ingeniously conceives this to be a covert apology...

...him wrong'd, and mak'st his ear A stranger to thy thoughts. 37 — iii. 3. 161 Deceptive obedience It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant ; — And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty,...

...sovereign, queen Elizabeth, towards Davison, in his mind when he put these sentiments in the mouth of king John : — " It is the curse of kings to be attended...slaves, that take their humours for a warrant, To break into the bloody house of life : And on the winking of authority, To understand a law, to know the meaning...

...Preserved, Act I, Sc. i, by T. OTWAY. March 4 Samuel Rawson Gardiner, b. 1829. March 5 Henry II, b. 1133. It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves,...a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And on the winking of authority, To understand a law, to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when,...

...Hubert, where he reproaches his minion with the death of young Arthur, and impatiently exclaims — 'It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves,...warrant To break within the bloody house of life.' It is not compunction for the deed, but dread of the consequences that wring from him those passionate...

...Hubert, where he reproaches his minion with the death of young Arthur, and impatiently exclaims — ' It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves,...warrant To break within the bloody house of life.' It is not compunction for the deed, but dread of the consequences that wring from him those passionate...

...been her intention that the warrant of execution should be delivered. King John's speech beginning : " It is the curse of kings to be attended By slaves that take their humours for a warrant," has been quoted by Shakespearean commentators as referring to this, but it is more topical in 1590...

...sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, towards Davison, in his mind when he put these, sentiments in the mouth of King John : — " It is the curse of kings to be attended...By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant, 1 Wright's Elizabeth. 2 See his Letters in Strype. 3 See Sir Harris Nicolas' Life of Davison. State...