...Dorman-Smith seemed erudite and wise until, one day, he quoted a passage from Henry IV, Part 2—"By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death ... he that dies this year is quit for the next"—spoken in the play by Frances Feeble, a feckless recruit "as valiant as a wrathful dove or...

...includes no less than three instances in the former citing the lines from Shakespeare — "By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death" — a line so talismanic for Hemingway, Robert Wilson, and for many Hemingway scholars. The line from...

...British guide replies: "That's it. ... Worst one can do is kill you. How does it go? . . . 'By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next.' " As Hemingway must have...

...warriors to buy themselves off. They all do, until he encounters Feeble, a tailor): FEEBLE. By my troth I care not, a man can die but once, we owe God a death. I'll ne'er bear a base mind — and't be my destiny, so; and't be not, s0. No man's too good to serve's...

...special fondness for the words of Feeble wasted upon Falstaff in Henry the Fourth: Part Two: 'By my troth I care not, a man can die but once, we owe God a death. . . . An't be my destiny. The homes on the quais of He Saint-Louis, now some of the most costly land...

...King Henry IV, commented as follows on the chance of his being killed in battle: (553) By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once: we owe God a death; . . . and let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next. With regard to...

...£1 the only in Tudor times (Harry is Henry £3 that Bardolph offers Falstaff at FEEBLE By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death. I'll ne'er bear a base mind. An't. be my destiny, so; an't be not, so. No man's too good 230 to serve's...

...and she is old, and cannot help herself. You shall have forty, sir. Go to; stand aside. By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death. I'll ne'er bear a base mind. An't be my destiny, so; an't be not, so. No man's too good to serve's...

...reveal something about himself. He quotes the Shakespearean line that expresses his credo: "By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next." But immediately he regrets...

...cannot help herself: you shall have forty, sir. BARDOLPH. Go to; stand aside. FEEBLE. By my troth, ate. I'll ne'er bear a base mind: an't be my destiny, so; an't be not, so: no man's too good to serve's...