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Richard II Quotes

Leon Hughes English Literature - Richard II AS - Level English 124 cards

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  1. 1"High-stomached are they... In rage..." - Richard II -"High-stomached are they both and full of ire
    In rage, deaf as the sea, hasty as fire"
    - Richard II -
    1:1
  2. 2"My body shall make good...Or my divine..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"My body shall make good upon this earth
    Or my divine soul answer it in heaven"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:1
  3. 3"My right drawn..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"My right drawn sword may prove"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:1
  4. 4"Sluiced out his innocent... Which blood..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"Sluiced out his innocent soul through streams of blood
    Which blood, like sacrificing Abel's, cries"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:1
  5. 5"Were he my..." - Richard II -"Were he my brother, nay, my kingdom's heir"
    - Richard II -
    1:1
  6. 6"Free speech and..." - Richard II -"Free speech and fearless I to thee allow"
    - Richard II -
    1:1
  7. 7"A recreant and..." - Thomas Mowbray -"A recreant and most degenerate traitor"
    - Thomas Mowbray -
    1:1
  8. 8"lions make..." - Richard II -"lions make leopards tame"
    - Richard II -
    1:1
  9. 9"O God defend my..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"O God defend my soul from such deep sin!"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:1
  10. 10"Or seven fair branches..." - Duchess of Gloucester -"Or seven fair branches springing from one root"
    - Duchess of Gloucester -
    1:2
  11. 11"by the Destinies..." - Duchess of Gloucester -"by the Destinies cut"
    - Duchess of Gloucester -
    1:2
  12. 12"God's is the..." - John of Gaunt -"God's is the quarrel"
    - John of Gaunt -
    1:2
  13. 13"Let heaven revenge for... An angry..." - John of Gaunt -"Let heaven revenge, for I may never lift
    An angry arm against His minister"
    - John of Gaunt -
    1:2
  14. 14"Desolate, desolate..." - Duchess of Gloucester -"Desolate, desolate, will I hence and die"
    - Duchess of Gloucester -
    1:2
  15. 15"Marshal, demand of... The cause..." - Richard II -"Marshal, demand of yonder champion
    The cause of his arrival here in arms"
    - Richard II -
    1:3
  16. 16"That vow a..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"That vow a long and weary pilgrimage"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:3
  17. 17"We will descend..." -Richard II -"We will descend and fold him in our arms"
    - Richard II -
    1:3
  18. 18"O thou, the earthly author..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"O thou, the early author of my blood"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:3
  19. 19"Be swift like..." "Fall like..." - John of Gaunt -"Be swift like lightning in the execution"
    "Fall like amazing thunder"
    - John of Gaunt -
    1:3
  20. 20"Stay the King hath..." - The Lord Marshal -"Stay, the King hath thrown his warder down"
    - The Lord Marshal -
    1:3
  21. 21"For our eyes do..." - Richard II -"For our eyes do hate the dire aspect"
    - Richard II -
    1:3
  22. 22"Your will..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"Your will be done"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:3
  23. 23"That sun that warms..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"That sun that warms you here, shall shine on me"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:3
  24. 24"speechless death... robs my tongue from breathing native breath" - Thomas Mowbray -"speechless death... robs my tongue from breathing native breath"
    - Thomas Mowbray -
    1:3
  25. 25"And all too soon..." - Thomas Mowbray -"And all too soon (I fear) the King shall rue"
    - Thomas Mowbray -
    1:3
  26. 26"Such is the breath..." - Thomas Mowbray -"Such is the breath of kings"
    - Thomas Mowbray -
    1:3
  27. 27"You urged me as..." - John of Gaunt -"You urged me as a judge...bid me argue like a father"
    - John of Gaunt -
    1:3
  28. 28"enforcèd..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"enforcèd pilgrimage"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:3
  29. 29"Think not the King...But..." - John of Gaunt -"Think not the King did banish thee
    But thou the King"
    - John of Gaunt -
    1:3
  30. 30"O, who can hold... By thinking..." - Henry Bollingbroke -"O, who can hold a fire in his hand
    By thinking on the frosty Caucaus?"
    - Henry Bollingbroke -
    1:3
  31. 31"How he did seem to dive..." - Richard II -"How he did seem to dive into their hearts"
    - Richard II -
    1:4
  32. 32"As were our England in... And he our subject's..." - Richard II -"As were our England in reversion his
    And he our subject's next degree in hope"
    - Richard II -
    1:4
  33. 33"enforced to farm..." - Richard II -"enforced to farm our royal realm"
    - Richard II -
    1:4
  34. 34"Now put it, God... To help him to..." - Richard II -"Now put it, God, in the physician's mind
    To help him to his grave immediately"
    - Richard II -
    1:4
  35. 35"My death's sad..." - John of Gaunt -"My death's sad tale may yet undeaf his ear"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  36. 36"The tongues of dying..." - John of Gaunt -"The tongues of dying men
    Enforce attention"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  37. 37"a prophet..." - John of Gaunt -"a prophet new-inspired"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  38. 38"insatiate..." - John of Gaunt -"insatiate cormorant"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  39. 39"this seat of... this other..." - John of Gaunt -"this seat of Mars
    This other Eden, demi-paradise"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  40. 40"this little..." - John of Gaunt -"this little world"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  41. 41"Inky...and..." - John of Gaunt -"Inky blots and rotten parchment"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  42. 42"O, how that name..." - John of Gaunt -"O, how that name befits my composition"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  43. 43"For sleeping... - John of Gaunt -"For sleeping England long time have I watched"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  44. 44"I mock my...to..." - John of Gaunt -"I mock my name, great King, to flatter thee"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  45. 45"Thy sick bed is..." - John of Gaunt -"Thy sick bed is no lesser than thy land"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  46. 46"thy anointed..." - John of Gaunt -"thy anointed body to the cure"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  47. 47"Landlord of..." - John of Gaunt -"Landlord of England art thou now, not King"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  48. 48"Thou a...(at Gaunt)" - Richard II -"Thou a lunatic lean-witted fool"
    - Richard II -
    2:1
  49. 49"like a..." - John of Gaunt -"like a pelican"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  50. 50(In response to Gaunt's death) - Richard II -"So much for that"
    - Richard II -
    2:1
  51. 51"In war was never...In peace was never..." - Duke of York -"In war was never lion raged more fierce
    In peace was never gentle lamb more mild"
    - Duke of York -
    2:1
  52. 52"his noble hand Did..." - Duke of York -"his noble hand
    Did win what he did spend"
    - Duke of York -
  53. 53"this teeming..." - John of Gaunt -"this teeming womb of Kings"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  54. 54"Think what you will..." - Richard II -"Think what you will, we seize into our hands
    ... his money and his lands"
    - Richard II -
    2:1
  55. 55"Richly in both..." - Earl of Northumberland -"Richly in both, if Justice had her right"
    - Earl of Northumberland -
    2:1
  56. 56"and quite lost..." - Lord Ross -"and quite lost their hearts"
    - Lord Ross -
    2:1
  57. 57"More hath he spent..." - Earl of Northumberland -"More hath he spent in peace than they in wars"
    - Earl of Northumberland -
    2:1
  58. 58"The King's grown..." - Lord Willoughby -"The King's grown bankrupt like a broken man"
    - Lord Willoughby -
    2:1
  59. 59"Reproach and..." - Earl of Northumberland -"Reproach and dissolution hangeth over him"
    - Earl of Northumberland -
    2:1
  60. 60(The army that Henry has accumulated in Brittany) - Earl of Northumberland -"With eight tall ships and three thousand men of war"
    - Earl of Northumberland -
    2:1
  61. 61"the... crown" - Earl of Northumberland -"the blemished crown"
    - Earl of Northumberland -
    2:1
  62. 62"To please the King..." - Queen Isabella -"To please the King I did; to please myself
    I cannot do it"
    - Queen Isabella -
    2:2
  63. 63(what Queen Isabella calls Richard) - Queen Isabella -"my sweet Richard"
    - Queen Isabella -
    2:2
  64. 64"ripe in..." - Queen Isabella -"ripe in Fortune's womb"
    - Queen Isabella -
    2:2
  65. 65"Each substance of..." - Bushy -"Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows"
    - Bushy -
    2:2
  66. 66"I cannot... 'tis..." - Queen Isabella -"I cannot name, 'tis nameless woe"
    - Queen Isabella -
    2:2
  67. 67"thou art the... (speaking to Green)" - Queen Isabella -"thou art the midwife to my woe"
    - Queen Isabella -
    2:2
  68. 68"Comfort's in...and we are..." - Duke of York -"Comfort's in heaven, and we are on the earth"
    - Duke of York -
    2:2
  69. 69"what a tide..." - Duke of York -"what a tide of woes"
    - Duke of York -
    2:2
  70. 70"A thousand..." - John of Gaunt -"A thousand flatterers sit within thy crown"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  71. 71"My heart this..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"My heart this covenant makes, my hand thus seals it"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  72. 72"Your presence..." - Lord Ross -"Your presence makes us rich"
    - Lord Ross -
    2:3
  73. 73"my answer is to..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"my answer is to 'Lancaster'"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  74. 74"Show me thy...and not thy...""Show me thy humble heart and not thy knee"
    - Duke of York -
    2:3
  75. 75"My...(what Henry calls York on seeing him after he marches to Berkley Castle)""My gracious uncle -"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  76. 76"that word...In an...(in response to Henry's greeting)" - Duke of York -"that word 'grace'
    In an ungracious mouth is but profane"
    - Duke of York -
    2:3
  77. 77"What would... (question to Gaunt over the action that Henry should have take)" - Henry Bolingbroke -"What would you have me to do?"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  78. 78"I challenge..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"I challenge law"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  79. 79"therefore personally I lay..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"therefore personally I lay my claim
    To my inheritance of free descent"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  80. 80"Base men by his..." - Lord Willoughby -"Base men by his endowment are made great"
    - Lord Willoughby -
    2:3
  81. 81"The caterpillars of..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"The caterpillars of the commonwealth"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  82. 82"I have sworn to weed..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"I have sworn to weed and pluck away"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    2:3
  83. 83"With eager feeding..." - John of Gaunt -"With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder"
    - John of Gaunt -
    2:1
  84. 84"for how art thou a..." - Duke of York -"for how art thou a King
    But by fair sequence and succession?"
    - Duke of York -
    2:1
  85. 85"You pluck a..." - Duke of York -"You pluck a thousand dangers on your head"
    - Duke of York -
    2:1
  86. 86"a prince by..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"a prince by fortune of my birth
    Near to the King in blood"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    3:1
  87. 87"the bitter..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"the bitter bread of banishment"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    3:1
  88. 88"I see thy glory..." - Earl of Salisbury -"I see thy glory, like a shooting star
    Fall to the base earth"
    - Earl of Salisbury -
    2:4
  89. 89"you've misled..." - Henry Bolingbroke -"you've misled a prince"
    - Henry Bolingbroke -
    3:1
  90. 90"I weep for...(On returning to England)" - Richard II -"I weep for joy
    To stand upon my kingdom once again"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  91. 91"When they from thy bosom..." - Richard II -"When they from thy bosom pluck a flower
    Guard it, I pray thee, with a lurking adder"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  92. 92"This traitor Bolingbroke Shall..." - Richard II -"This traitor Bolingbroke...
    Shall see us rising in our throne, the east,
    His treasons will sit blushing in his face"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  93. 93"Not all the water in..." - Richard II -"Not all the water in the rough sea
    Can wash the balm from an anointed king"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  94. 94"Comfort, my liege, remember..." - Duke of Aumerle -"Comfort, my liege, remember who you are"
    - Duke of Aumerle -
    3:2
  95. 95"Am I not King? Awake..." - Richard II -"Am I not King?
    Awake, thou coward majesty! Thou sleep'st"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  96. 96"Snakes, in my... Three..." - Richard II -"Snakes in my heart-blood warmed, that sting my heart!
    Three Judases"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  97. 97"Our lands, our lives and all..." - Richard II -"Our lands, our lives and all are Bolingbroke's"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  98. 98"the hollow crown That..." - Richard II -"the hollow crown
    That rounds the mortal temples of a king,
    Keeps Death his court"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  99. 99"there I'll pine... A king, woe's..." - Richard II -"there I'll pine away:
    A king, woe's slave, shall kingly woe obey"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  100. 100"From Richard's... to..." - Richard II -"From Richard's night to Bolingbroke's fair day"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  101. 101"On flourishing branch of..." - Duchess of Gloucester -"One flourishing branch of his most royal root...
    Is hacked down"
    - Duchess of Gloucester -
    1:2
  102. 102"met with the fall..." - Gardener -"met with the fall of leaf"
    - Gardener -
    3:4
  103. 103"Thou... (addressing the gardener)" - Queen Isabelle -"Thou old Adam's likeness"
    - Queen Isabelle -
    3:4
  104. 104"I weep for... To stand..." - Richard II -"I weep for joy
    To stand upon my kingdom once again"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  105. 105"Not all the water in... Can..." - Richard II -"Not all the water in the rough rude sea
    Can wash the balm from an anointed king"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  106. 106"Our lands, our..." - Richard II -"Our lands, our lives and all are Bolingbroke's"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  107. 107"I live with bread..." - Richard II -"I live with bread like you"
    - Richard II -
    3:2
  108. 108"he the fire, I'll..." - Henry -"he the fire, I'll be the yielding water"
    - Henry -
    3:3
  109. 109"No head of blood and bone Can..." - Richard II -"No head of blood and bone
    Can gripe the sacred handle of our sceptre
    Unless he do profane, steal or usurp"
    - Richard II -
    3:3
  110. 110"their fortunes both..." - Gardener -"their fortunes both are weighed"
    - Gardener -
    3:4
  111. 111"plume-plucked Richard, who..." - York -"plume-plucked Richard, who, with wilting soul
    Adopts thee heir"
    - York -
    4:1
  112. 112"Ascend his throne..." - York -"Ascend his throne, descending now from him"
    - York -
    4:1
  113. 113"What subject can give..." - Carlisle"What subject can give sentence on his King?"
    - Carlisle
    4:1
  114. 114"steward" - Carlisle"steward"
    - Carlisle
  115. 115"the blood of English..." - Carlisle"the blood of English shall manure the ground"
    - Carlisle
    4:1
  116. 116"The field of..." - Carlisle"The field of Golgotha"
    - Carlisle
  117. 117"they not sometimes cry..." - Richard"they not sometimes cry 'All hail' to me
    So Judas did to Christ"
    - Richard
  118. 118"this golden crown like..." - Richard"this golden crown like a deep well"
    - Richard
  119. 119"With mine own tears..." - Richard"With mine own tears I wash away my balm"
    - Richard II
    4:1
  120. 120"a king of..." - Isabella"a king of beasts?"
    - Isabella
  121. 121"weep the fire..." - Richard"weep the fire out"
    - Richard
  122. 122"Thus play I in one person..." - Richard"Thus play I in one person many people
    And none contended"
    - Richard
  123. 123"I wasted..." - Richard"I wasted time"
    - Richard
  124. 124"mount my..." - Richard"mount my soul"
    - Richard V:V

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