TYRANT,-continued. His demand Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love, O nation miserable, H. VI. PT. III. iii. 3. With an untitled tyrant, bloody scepter'd, M. iv. 3. M. v.7. 'Tis time to fear, when tyrants seem to kiss. P. P. i. 2. Tyrants' fears Decrease not, but grow faster with their years. P. P. i. 2. M. v. 2. VACANCY. 0. U. The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthroned in the market-place, did sit alone, And made a gap in nature. VALOUR (See also COURAGE). He's truly valiant, that can wisely suffer A. C. ii. 2. The worst that man can breathe; and make his wrongs And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart, To bring it into danger. T. A. iii. 5. Here, there, and every where, he leaves and takes ; That what he will, he does; and does so much, Engaging and redeeming of himself, With such a careless force, and forceless care, It is held, That valour is the chiefest virtue, and T.C.v.5. T.C. v. 5, VALOUR,-continued. Most dignifies the haver: if it be, The man I speak of cannot in the world His valour shown upon our crests to-day, C. ii. 2. Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds, O, this boy Lends mettle to us all! H. IV. PT. I. v. 5. H. IV. PT. I. v. 4. Methought he bore him in the thickest troop, Or as a bear encompass'd round with dogs, I told you, Sir, they were red hot with drinking; For breathing in their faces; beat the ground T. iv. 1. Plague on't; an I thought he had been valiant, and so cunning in fence, I'd have seen him damned ere I'd have challenged him. What valour were it, when a cur doth grin, T.N. ii. 4. H.VI. PT. III. i. 4. H.IV. PT. I. v. 1. The Douglas, and the Hotspur, both together, Carv'd out his passage, till he fac'd the slave. M. i. 1. The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life. H. IV. PT. I. v. 4. Why, thou knowest I'm as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter; I was a coward on instinct. I shall think the better of myself and thee during my life; I, for a valiant lion, and thou, for a true prince H. IV. PT. I. ii. 4. VALUATION Their fortunes both are weigh'd: In your lord's scale is nothing but himself, And some few vanities that make him light. VALUE. What is aught, but as 'tis valued? But value dwells not in particular will; As well wherein 'tis precious of itself We are such stuff As dreams are made of, and our little life To worship shadows and adore false shapes. By the strength of their illusion Shall draw him on to his confusion. Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass, VENERATION. There is an old poor man, Who after me hath many a weary step Limp'd in pure love; till he be first suffic'd, Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,) R. FI. iii. 4. T. C. ii. 2. T.C. ii. 2. T. iv. 1. T. G. iv. 2. R. II. ii. 1 M. iii. 5. R. III. i. 2. A. Y. ii. 7. And they would go and kiss dead Cæsar's wounds, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Unto their issue. VENETIAN WOMEN. I know our country disposition well; In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks J.C. iii. 2. They dare not show their husbands; their best conscience O. iii. 3. VENGEANCE. Are there no stones in heaven Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell! VERACITY. Should from yond' cloud speak divine things 0. v. 2. O. iii. 3. If Jupiter And say, 'tis true, I'd not believe them more C. iv. 5. VERBOSITY (See also WORDS). He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his agrument. L.L. v. 1. Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart. T.C. v. 3. Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have found them, they are not worth the search. VERILY. Verily ! You put me off with limber vows: But I, M. V. i. 1. Though you would seek to unsphere the stars with oaths, You shall not go; a lady's verily is As potent as a lord's. VETERAN. He did look far Into the service of the time, and was VICE, PREVALENT. All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. Yes, in good sooth, the vice is of a great well allied. VICISSITUDE. W.T. i. 2. A. W. i. 2. M. M. ii. 2 kindred; it is M. M. iii. 2. Yet better thus, and known to be contemn'd, VICISSITUDE,—continued. The lowest, and most dejected thing of fortune, The wretch, that thou hast blown unto the worst, World, world, O world! K. L. iv. 1. But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee, VICTORY. To whom God will, there be the victory. K. L. iv. 1. H.VI. PT. II. ii. 5. M. A. i. 1. A victory is twice itself, when the achiever brings home H. VI. PT. III. v. 3. H. IV. PT. II. i. 1. T. iii. 3. Slave, soulless villain, dog! VILLAIN (See also KNAVE, ROGUE). A. C. v. 2. O rarely base! M. A. iii. 3. He hath out-villained villany so far, that the rarity redeems him. I like not fair terms, and a villain's mind. A. W. iv. 3. M.V. i. 3. In this, though I cannot be said to be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied that I am a plain-dealing villain. M. A. i. 3. VIRAGO. I would not marry her, though she were endowed with all that Adam had left him before he transgressed: she would have made Hercules have turned spit; yea, and have cleft his club to make the fire too. * K I would to God |