 | Theodor Meron - 1998 - 257 psl.
...torment I will free myself, Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry "Content!" to that which grieves...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; I'll play... | |
 | Thomas Leech - 2001 - 328 psl.
...be useful in negotiation, sales of a shaky nature, or politics? Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry "Content!" to that which grieves...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. Gloucester (later Richard III), Henry VI, Part 3. 3, 2 Sometimes fibbing a bit is actually a wise course... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 psl.
...with a bloody axe. / Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, / And cry 'Content!' to that that grieves my heart, / And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, /And frame my face to all occasions. / I'll drown more sailors iliiiu the Mermaid simll; / I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; / I'll... | |
 | William James Bouwsma - 2002 - 328 psl.
...describes himself, ignoring the anguish felt by Queen Elizabeth: Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry "Content" to that which grieves my...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. . . . I can add colors to the Chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, And set the murderous... | |
 | Wystan Hugh Auden - 2002 - 428 psl.
...torment I will free myself Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and murther whiles I smile, And cry "Content! " to that which grieves...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; I'll play... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 psl.
...torment I will free myself, Or hew my way out with a bloody axe. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles an effect of fire, and fire will burn; ergo, light wenches will burn. Come not near her. I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slny more gazers than the basilisk; I'll play... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2002 - 244 psl.
...your lion living, and we ought to look to it. Bottom— MND III.i Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'Content' to that which grieves my...artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. Gloucester — 3 Henry VI III.ii Tut, I can counterfeit the deep tragedian; Speak and look back, and... | |
 | Agnes Heller - 2002 - 390 psl.
...gets close to perfection: "Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, / And cry 'content!' to what which grieves my heart, / And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, / And frame my face to all occasions. / I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; / I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk; / I'll... | |
 | John O. Whitney, Tina Packer - 2002 - 321 psl.
...superior Machiavel:) Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'Content! ' to that that grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions . . . I can add colours to the chameleon, Change shapes with Proteus for advantages, And set the murderous... | |
 | Mary Ann McGrail - 2002 - 200 psl.
...learn when he first reveals his ambition in his first significant soliloquy in the tetralogy:36 Why 1 can smile and murder while I smile, And cry 'Content!' to that that grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.... | |
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I smile, And cry, Content, to that which grieves my heart ; And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions. 
