 | G. Wilsin Knight - Drama - 2002 - 368 pages
...thank his grace; and from these shoulders, These ruin'd pillars, out of pity, taken A load would sink a navy, too much honour: O, 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden Too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven! (in. ii. 378) So he finally gives noble counsel to Cromwell : Say, Wolsey, that once trod the... | |
 | Stephen W. Smith, Travis Curtright - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 264 pages
...these shoulders, These ruin'd pillars, out of pity taken A load would sink a navy — too much honor. 0 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden Too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven! (II. 376-85, emphasis added) Having raised his sights to heaven and having given warning about... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2011 - 355 pages
...these shoulders, These ruined pillars, out of pity, taken 455 A load would sink a navy: too much honor. O, 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden Too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven. 459. right: proper 460. methinks: it seems to me 463. weak-hearted: fainthearted 465. heaviest:... | |
 | William Henry Thorne - 1902
...these shoulders, these ruined pillars, out of pity, taken a load would sink a navy, too much honor; O, 'tis a burden, Cromwell, 'tis a burden, too heavy for a man that hopes for heaven." "There was the weight that pulled me down, O Cromwell, the king has gone beyond me, all my... | |
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Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now ; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. The king has cur'd me, I humbly thank his grace ; and from these shoulders, These ruin'd pillars, out of... 
