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Richard III
[I, 1] |
Lord Hastings |
142 |
No news so bad abroad as this at home;
The King is sickly, weak and melancholy,
And his physicians fear him mightily.
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2 |
Richard III
[I, 1] |
Richard III (Duke of Gloucester) |
145 |
Now, by Saint Paul, this news is bad indeed.
O, he hath kept an evil diet long,
And overmuch consumed his royal person:
'Tis very grievous to be thought upon.
What, is he in his bed?
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3 |
Richard III
[I, 2] |
Richard III (Duke of Gloucester) |
243 |
Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
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4 |
Richard III
[I, 3] |
Richard III (Duke of Gloucester) |
531 |
I cannot tell: the world is grown so bad,
That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch:
Since every Jack became a gentleman
There's many a gentle person made a Jack.
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5 |
Richard III
[II, 3] |
Second Citizen |
1435 |
Bad news, by'r lady; seldom comes the better:
I fear, I fear 'twill prove a troublous world.
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Richard III
[III, 6] |
Scrivener |
2186 |
This is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings;
Which in a set hand fairly is engross'd,
That it may be this day read over in Paul's.
And mark how well the sequel hangs together:
Eleven hours I spent to write it over,
For yesternight by Catesby was it brought me;
The precedent was full as long a-doing:
And yet within these five hours lived Lord Hastings,
Untainted, unexamined, free, at liberty
Here's a good world the while! Why who's so gross,
That seeth not this palpable device?
Yet who's so blind, but says he sees it not?
Bad is the world; and all will come to nought,
When such bad dealings must be seen in thought.
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7 |
Richard III
[IV, 3] |
Richard III (Duke of Gloucester) |
2777 |
Good news or bad, that thou comest in so bluntly?
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8 |
Richard III
[IV, 3] |
Sir William Catesby |
2778 |
Bad news, my lord: Ely is fled to Richmond;
And Buckingham, back'd with the hardy Welshmen,
Is in the field, and still his power increaseth.
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9 |
Richard III
[IV, 4] |
Queen Margaret |
2913 |
Forbear to sleep the nights, and fast the days;
Compare dead happiness with living woe;
Think that thy babes were fairer than they were,
And he that slew them fouler than he is:
Bettering thy loss makes the bad causer worse:
Revolving this will teach thee how to curse.
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10 |
Richard III
[IV, 4] |
Queen Elizabeth |
3020 |
No, to their lives bad friends were contrary.
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11 |
Richard III
[IV, 4] |
Sir William Stanley |
3280 |
None good, my lord, to please you with the hearing;
Nor none so bad, but it may well be told.
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Richard III
[IV, 4] |
Richard III (Duke of Gloucester) |
3282 |
Hoyday, a riddle! neither good nor bad!
Why dost thou run so many mile about,
When thou mayst tell thy tale a nearer way?
Once more, what news?
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