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Blackhead, the man, the verb, the legend…and perfect character name! #anthonypowelltogether

Word of the day: subfusc #anthonypowelltogether

Finished early. Could not slow read this one. Looking forward to Summer. #knausgaardtogethertheseasons

“Good Lord! what madness rules in brain-sick men” “And perish ye, with your audacious prate!” Travelled well from 1623 to 2025. #henryVI_2025

“O monstrous treachery! Can this be so,— That in alliance amity, and oaths, There should be found such false dissembling guile?” #henryVI_2025

“Because till now we never saw your face: Therefore, stand up; and, for these good deserts, We here create you earl of Shrewsbury; And in our coronation take your place.” #henryVI_2025

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“Then thus it must be; this doth Joan devise: By fair persuasions, mix’d with sugar’d words, We will entice the Duke of Burgundy To leave the Talbot and to follow us.” #henryVI_2025

“Behold, this is the happy wedding-torch, That joineth Rouen unto her countrymen; But burning-fatal to the Talbotites!” #henryVI_2025

“These are the city-gates, the gates of Rouen, Through which our policy must make a breach” #henryVI_2025

“Or who should study to prefer a peace, If holy churchmen take delight in broils?” #henryVI_2025

“Think not, although in writing I preferr’d The manner of thy vile outrageous crimes, That therefore I have forg’d, or am not able Verbatim to rehearse the method of my pen” #henryVI_2025

“Here dies the dusky torch of Mortimer” #henryVI_2025

“Thou art my heir; the rest I wish thee gather: But yet be wary in thy studious care.” #henryVI_2025

“This quarrel will drink blood another day.” Great line for your next family argument. #henryVI_2025

“Prick not your finger as you pluck it off; Lest, bleeding, you do paint the white rose red, And fall on my side so, against your will.” #henryVI_2025

Words of the day: bruited, cates #henryVI_2025

“These are his substance, sinews, arms and strength, With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns, And in a moment makes them desolate.” #henryVI_2025

“this is a child, a silly dwarf: If cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp Should strike such terror to his enemies.” I love this woman! #henryVI_2025

“a gnarled, foxy little man” - love AP’s descriptive powers #anthonypowelltogether

Stringy #anthonypowelltogether

“Sirs, take your places, and be vigilant: If any noise or soldier you perceive, Near to the walls, by some apparent sign Let us have knowledge at the court of guard.” #henryVI_2025