"For your own reasons turn into your bosoms, / As dogs upon their masters, worrying you."
— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
Date
1600
Metaphor
"For your own reasons turn into your bosoms, / As dogs upon their masters, worrying you."
Metaphor in Context
KING HARRY
The mercy that was quick in us but late
By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.
You must not dare, for shame, to talk of mercy,
For your own reasons turn into your bosoms,
As dogs upon their masters, worrying you. --
See you, my princes and my noble peers,
These English monsters? [...]
(II.ii.76-82)
The mercy that was quick in us but late
By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.
You must not dare, for shame, to talk of mercy,
For your own reasons turn into your bosoms,
As dogs upon their masters, worrying you. --
See you, my princes and my noble peers,
These English monsters? [...]
(II.ii.76-82)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Date of Entry
08/27/2003
