...obtain a purpose; but it is an adept, too, in mockery, and can, like the deadly imp, — " Keep court within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a King. _^—_ — — And there the antic sit», Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him...

...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court - and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ! Allowing him a breath, a little scene To...

...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murdcr'd :— for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court : and there the antick sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ! Allowing him a breath, a little scene To...

...ghosts they dispossess'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps deatli his court: and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ! Allowing...

...II. Sc. 4. Virgil explains fame and its effects by a still greater variety of action.* And Shakspeare personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly...his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchise, be fear'd, ;md kill with looks; Infusing him with self and vain conceit, AS if his flesh,...

...Shakspeare personifies death and its operations in a manner singularly fanciful : i — n — ' — Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Kreps Death his court; and there the antic sils, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing...

...ghosts they have depos'd;1 Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the antick sits,* Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To...

...ghosts they have depos'd1 ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd; All murder'd :—For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court: and there the antick sits 2 , Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene,...

...made sport by mocking the graver personages. JOHNSON. In King Richard II. we have the same image : " within the hollow crown " That rounds the mortal temples of a king " Keeps death his court : find there the antick sits " Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp." STEBVBNS. It is not improbable...

...ghosts they have depos'd ; Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd ; All murder'd : — For within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples...king, Keeps death his court : and there the antic sits,T Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath, a little scene To monarchize,...