William Shakespeare Quotes
There's such divinity doth hedge a king
That treason can but peep to what it would.
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Washington Square Press, 1992, 4.5.138-139.
The king would often walk alone or with only a few companions. His brother expressed concern about exposing the royal person to risk.
William the Conqueror. See Henry of Huntington for another similar description of the King's authority.
The priest had come to the Empress to complain about the debauchery of her Prime Minister and made the error of describing him as the first man of the empire. The story may be apocryphal but it illustrates the character of the Empress. The source of the exact words are given in the historical novel, Luise Muhlbach, Joseph II. and His Court
The offer of Darius was to pay him ten thousand talents, to cede to him all the countries west of the Euphrates, and to give him his daughter in marriage. Parmenio had urged him to take the offer. Alexander then went on and defeat Darius and the Persions who far outnumbered his forces. Asia then had one king who was more popular than Darius had been.
Many American colonists had relatives and friends in England, and Paine argued that American independence would help and not het the English people.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
