The King
quoted 19 times by 9 works · as a person
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
12 quoted · 6 reported · 1 carried
14 neutralin the voice of Nachor 2 , Arachis 1 , Attorney-General Heath 1 , Bahrām Gūr 1 , King John 1 , King of England 1 , The King's Son 1 , Zardan 1 , narrator/commentator 1 , the King 1
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in the voice of Nachor
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Barlaam and Josaphat John of Damascus 8 neutral 8 citations · 12 passages
chapter 22 4 passages anchored here · chapter 23 4 passages anchored here · chapter 26 2 passages anchored here · chapter 27 2 passages anchored hereNachor addresses the king directly ('I, O king, came into the world...') beginning his long discourse.
to give ear to his incorruptible words, that, escaping judgement and punishment, you may be shown to be heirs of imperishable life.
chapter 27 ¶ -
in the voice of Attorney-General Heath
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The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660 Samuel Rawson Gardiner (ed.) 1 neutral 3 citations
The speaker attributes and explains a doctrine of royal authority (absoluta potestas) as belonging to the king, functioning as reported doctrine.
And shall we generally, not as subjects only, but as lawyers, who govern themselves by the rules of the law, not submit to his command, but make enquiries whether they be lawful, and say that the King doth not this or that in course of justice?
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in the voice of King of England
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury Lysander Spooner 2 neutral 2 citations · 3 passages
The recurring legal formula attributed to the king is reported and interpreted across two paragraphs.
and that “the king wills and commands” was to have no weight with them contrary to their own judgments of what was intrinsically right.
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in the voice of Bahrām Gūr
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Adab al-wazīr al-Māwardī 1 citation
Bahrām Gūr's covenant is reported as a direct address to the kings of Persia.
And Bahrām Jūr said in his covenant to the kings of Persia:
ch. 13 ¶ -
in the voice of the officiants/gods
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 1 citation · 7 passages
The hymn is a sustained direct speech-act addressed to the royal consecrand.
May the clans choose you for kingship;
kanda 3 ¶ -
in the voice of the priest
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Rigveda Aufrecht (ed.) 1 neutral 1 citation · 11 passages
The priest directly addresses the king, declaring him made firm by the gods and asking the peoples to desire him and the kingdom not to fall away.
With the all-surrounding oblation with which Indra compassed all about, with that, O Lord of Prayer, turn us round for kingship.
maṇḍala 10 ¶ -
in the voice of the king
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Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 1 neutral 1 citation
This is an explicit direct speech act by the king addressed to the plaintiff, quoted within the verse.
"What is your business and what is your grievance?
chapter 1 ¶ -
Kātyāyana Smṛti Kātyāyana 1 citation · 2 passages
This functions as a doctrinal statement attributed to the tradition of kingship, asserting a cosmic sanction for correct royal punishment.
Kings and ministers especially suffer from not punishing sinners and from punishing the submissive.
chapter 80 ¶ -
in the voice of narrator/commentator
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Slokantara Unknown 1 neutral 1 citation
The commentary opens with a direct vocative address ('Hark, O king!'), constituting a direct speech act toward the addressed figure.
Hark, O king!
chapter 1 ¶
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