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 Shakespeare - 1836 - 556 Seiten
...of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France. KING HENRY THE FIFTH. Enter CHORUS. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 412 Seiten
...table. When Hypocrisy has finished her game, and Profligacy comes in turn to act her part, " Then shall the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, shall Famine, Fire, and Sword, Crouch for employment." The vehement tone in which this speech was pronounced,... | |
| sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) - 1836 - 394 Seiten
...table. When Hypocrisy has finished her game, and Profligacy comes in turn to act her part, " Then shall the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, shut/ Famine, Fire, and Sword, Crouch for employment." The vehement tone in which this speech was pronounced,... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 414 Seiten
...table. When Hypocrisy has finished her game, and Profligacy comes in turn to act her part, " Then shall the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, shall Famine, Fire, and Sword, Crouch for employment." The vehement tone in which this speech was pronounced,... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 590 Seiten
...table. When Hypocrisy has finished her game, and Profligacy comes in turn to act her part, 'Then shall the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in bke hounds, shall Famine, Fire, and Sword, Crouch for employment.' " The vehement tone in which this... | |
| William Carpenter - 1837 - 894 Seiten
...table. When Hypocricy has finished her game, and Profligacy comes in turn to act her part, ' Then shall the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, shall famine, fire, and sword Crouch for employment.'" The vehement tone in which this speech was pronounced,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1837 - 516 Seiten
...ascend The brightest lieu veil of invention ! Л kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And mon.irchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; anil, at his heels, Lcash'd in, like hounds, should famine, sword, and Crouch for employment. But... | |
| mrs. Monkland - 1837 - 906 Seiten
...to believe, that the ' force of heaven-bred poesy' in this, the brightest effort of my muse — (' O ! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention,') — would have caused it to pass through many editions, had 1 published it. But, I think, as a late... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 Seiten
...SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies in ENGLAND; tnit afterwards wholly in FRANCE. Enter Chorus. 0, prisoner : and that furious Scot, The bloody Douglas,...and, in his flight, Stumbling in fear, was took. spirit, that hath dar'd. On this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great an object : Can this cockpit... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1838 - 360 Seiten
...the most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. "O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at Jus heels Leath'd in, like hounds, should famine, steord, and fire Crouch for employment." Rubens,... | |
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