O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd... Shakespeare and the Modern Stage: With Other Essays - Seite 20von Sir Sidney Lee - 1906 - 251 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 Seiten
...butchers. The arms of this country are disgraced, even in victory, as well as defeat. Is this • " and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should Famine, Sword, and Fire, Crouch for employment." — Henry I'. consistent, my lords, with any part of our former conduct ? Was it by means like these... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 Seiten
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.2 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 428 Seiten
...Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. . KING HENRY V. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great an object : Can this cockpit... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 Seiten
...Scene, at the beginning of the play, lies in England; but afterwards, wholly in France. Enter Chorus. O, for a muse of fire , that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention I A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarchs to behold the swellmg scene ! Then should the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 Seiten
...Attendants. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest' heaven of invention!' i A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 1 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, • '.. Assume the port of Mars... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 Seiten
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. JOHNSON O. FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend •• The...stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelljpg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , HKe himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 Seiten
...read invention. By invention, I believe the poet means — imagination. STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. 'Tit set down so in heaven, but not in earth'] What you have stated is undoubtedly... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 Seiten
...read invention. By invention, I Relieve the poet means — imagination. " STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. '77* set down to in heaven, but not in earth] What you •have slated is undoubtedly... | |
| James Plumptre - 1812 - 480 Seiten
...falling tears;+ Ere I consent to teach my lips injustice, Or wrong the orphan who has none to save him. * At his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch fur employment. Heary VA t. Chorus. Death and destruction dog thee at the heels. Richard III. A. iv.... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1813 - 446 Seiten
...has elsewhere observed, Shakspeare probably meant fire, sword, and famine. So, in King Henry V : " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume...Mars; and, at his heels, " Leash'd in like hounds, should^mzVze, sword, saAJire, " Crouch for employment." The same observation is made by Steele, in... | |
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