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mass , " and is nbw known as Martinmass . We note this down as a curious fact , because to the commencement of a prayer to this saint may be traced the common expression , " O my eye and "—or more properly , " 0 my Betty Martin , " being nothing more than a corruption of the words , " O mi beafce Martin . " _ Falstaff . —" - — there is a good angel about him ; but the devil outbids
him too . " —( Act ii . sc . 4 >) Coleridge has somewhat enlarged upon this idea , which he must ^ I think , in his very extensive reading , have unconsciously adopted . His words are thus recorded , with other brilliant remarks , in " Table Talk : " -T— " As there is much beast and some devil in man , so is there some angel and some Grodinhim . The beast and the devil may be conquered , tut in this life never destroyed . "
Pistol , — " The heavens thee guard and keep , most royal imp of fame !" - ( Act \ . w .-l . ) The word imp signified anciently nothing more than a child . Perhaps as amusing a use of the word imp as can be found anywhere , occurs in old Bacon , in his " Pathway unto Prayer . " —( See JEarly
Writings , Parker Society , p . 187 . ) " Let us pray for the preservation of the king ' s rnpst excellent majesty , and for the prosperous success of his entirely beloved son Edward our prince , that most angelic imp . " An " imp" is a Welsh word ; it is not improbable that it was purposely used in designating the Prince of Wales .
There are many interesting things to be learned from this play of " King Henry IV . " "We see that Hotspur was not merely the nam © applied to one man , but " a hair-brain'd Hotspur" was any wild valorous youth , " govern'd by spleen . " Among the expressive words ; which have fallen into disuse may be mentioned " tickle-brain , "
" lack-brain , " " cock-sure" ( used by school-boys ) , " pickthanks , " tf mis-treadmgs " ( sins ) , " fire-eyed , " " strengtkless , " " afeared " ( a provincialism ) , and " cheater , " which , like " black-leg , " is a far more truthful title than gamester , gambler , or chevalier dHndustrie .
KINO HENRY V . "This mock of his Hath turn'd his balls to gun-stones . "—( Act i . sc . 2 . ) It is said that Mahomet II . besieged Constantinople , in 1453 , with guns loaded with stones , of the enormous calibre of 1 , 200 lbs .
These guns could only be fired at long intervals , and of this space the besieged availed themselves to repair the breaches in the walls . Many stone balls have doubtless been fired from " Queen Elizabeth's pocket-pistol , " in Hurst Castle , the ridiculous name given to a large gun , which bears , we are told , the following inscription : — ft Sponge me clean and keep me bright , And I'll carry a ball to the Me of Wight . "
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mass , " and is nbw known as Martinmass . We note this down as a curious fact , because to the commencement of a prayer to this saint may be traced the common expression , " O my eye and "—or more properly , " 0 my Betty Martin , " being nothing more than a corruption of the words , " O mi beafce Martin . " _ Falstaff . —" - — there is a good angel about him ; but the devil outbids
him too . " —( Act ii . sc . 4 >) Coleridge has somewhat enlarged upon this idea , which he must ^ I think , in his very extensive reading , have unconsciously adopted . His words are thus recorded , with other brilliant remarks , in " Table Talk : " -T— " As there is much beast and some devil in man , so is there some angel and some Grodinhim . The beast and the devil may be conquered , tut in this life never destroyed . "
Pistol , — " The heavens thee guard and keep , most royal imp of fame !" - ( Act \ . w .-l . ) The word imp signified anciently nothing more than a child . Perhaps as amusing a use of the word imp as can be found anywhere , occurs in old Bacon , in his " Pathway unto Prayer . " —( See JEarly
Writings , Parker Society , p . 187 . ) " Let us pray for the preservation of the king ' s rnpst excellent majesty , and for the prosperous success of his entirely beloved son Edward our prince , that most angelic imp . " An " imp" is a Welsh word ; it is not improbable that it was purposely used in designating the Prince of Wales .
There are many interesting things to be learned from this play of " King Henry IV . " "We see that Hotspur was not merely the nam © applied to one man , but " a hair-brain'd Hotspur" was any wild valorous youth , " govern'd by spleen . " Among the expressive words ; which have fallen into disuse may be mentioned " tickle-brain , "
" lack-brain , " " cock-sure" ( used by school-boys ) , " pickthanks , " tf mis-treadmgs " ( sins ) , " fire-eyed , " " strengtkless , " " afeared " ( a provincialism ) , and " cheater , " which , like " black-leg , " is a far more truthful title than gamester , gambler , or chevalier dHndustrie .
KINO HENRY V . "This mock of his Hath turn'd his balls to gun-stones . "—( Act i . sc . 2 . ) It is said that Mahomet II . besieged Constantinople , in 1453 , with guns loaded with stones , of the enormous calibre of 1 , 200 lbs .
These guns could only be fired at long intervals , and of this space the besieged availed themselves to repair the breaches in the walls . Many stone balls have doubtless been fired from " Queen Elizabeth's pocket-pistol , " in Hurst Castle , the ridiculous name given to a large gun , which bears , we are told , the following inscription : — ft Sponge me clean and keep me bright , And I'll carry a ball to the Me of Wight . "