 Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.  National Review - Page 211861Full view - About this book
 | F. H. Buckley - 2005 - 260 pages
...their ideals. But these are false ideals, that demand too much of one. What is honor, asked Falstaff? Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. . . . Therefore I'll... | |
 | June Osborne - 2003 - 208 pages
...not exactly fit in with chivalric ideals, and in fact came closer to Falstaff's opinions on Honour: 'Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No.' (Henry IV Part I, V, i). Particularly successful condonieri might even be offered money for not fighting... | |
 | Sander L. Gilman - 2004 - 330 pages
...no. Honour hath no skill in surgery. then? no. What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? What is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath...Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible. then. Yea. to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction... | |
 | Madan M. Sauldie - 2004 - 269 pages
...attainment, as Shakespeare laments in King Henry IV: "What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? What is that honour, air. A trim reckoning! Who hath...Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction... | |
 | Stephen Greenblatt, Stephen Jay Greenblatt - 2004 - 460 pages
...Honour hath not skill in surgery, then? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word "honour"? What is that "honour"? Air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? He that died oWednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Tis insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will... | |
 | George Ian Duthie - 2005 - 216 pages
...no. Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? no. What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath...Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction... | |
 | Peter Holland - 2005 - 396 pages
...word.34 Falstaff's 'stance' is perhaps best evoked when he says, just before the battle of Shrewsbury, 'What is that "honour"? Air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday' (5.1.135-6). The words of this great 'catechism' (5.1.140) and Sir John's other speeches on honour... | |
 | F. H. Buckley - 2003 - 264 pages
...asked Falstafl? Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. . . . Therefore I'll none of it. ( 1 Henry fVV.i) High mimetic comedy may also deflate an over,the,top... | |
 | G. M. Pinciss - 2005 - 214 pages
...come with his successful attainment of it. And in any case, it is, as Falstaff knows, a mere word: "What is that honour. Air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? He that died a Wednesday." In the end, Falstaff trudges offstage bearing Hotspur's corpse on his back. Falstaff... | |
 | Chris Coculuzzi, William Shakespeare, Matt Toner - 2005 - 56 pages
...hear it? MARLOWE (bubbling) No ... FALSTAFF Is it insensible, then? MARLOWE (boiling) N. . . FALSTAFF Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? MARLOWE (exploding) NO ! ! ! ! FALSTAFF Why? Detraction will not suffer it, therefore I'll none of... | |
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