King Henry VCambridge University Press, 1900 - 256 pages |
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Page xv
... true of Henry V. Indeed , the play is remarkable among Shakespeare's historical dramas for its fidelity to history . Though his picture of Henry is somewhat idealised , there is nothing in the piece comparable with such divergences from ...
... true of Henry V. Indeed , the play is remarkable among Shakespeare's historical dramas for its fidelity to history . Though his picture of Henry is somewhat idealised , there is nothing in the piece comparable with such divergences from ...
Page xvi
... true to the time of the events . of On several of these points Shakespeare probably had no means of ascertaining the precise truth , even if he had wished to , and the sum of all his deviations from fact amounts to an unconsidered ...
... true to the time of the events . of On several of these points Shakespeare probably had no means of ascertaining the precise truth , even if he had wished to , and the sum of all his deviations from fact amounts to an unconsidered ...
Page xxiii
... True , the harmony of the four representatives lacks completeness ! but if they cannot all agree among themselves , they can agree to fight under the same flag : and is not this reconciliation of their racial and personal differences ...
... True , the harmony of the four representatives lacks completeness ! but if they cannot all agree among themselves , they can agree to fight under the same flag : and is not this reconciliation of their racial and personal differences ...
Page xxviii
... labours if unblest . Non nobis , Domine , is his humble thanksgiving in the hour of triumph ( IV . 8 . 102—119 ) , and that his people may remember the true source of victory he forbids all outward " signal and ostent xxviii KING HENRY V.
... labours if unblest . Non nobis , Domine , is his humble thanksgiving in the hour of triumph ( IV . 8 . 102—119 ) , and that his people may remember the true source of victory he forbids all outward " signal and ostent xxviii KING HENRY V.
Page xxxii
... true Celt : very courageous and impulsive ; touchy and apt to misunder- stand . His temper , indeed , is as hot as " the weather and the wars " ; it boils over at an imaginary slight1 ( III . 2. 113-115 ) , and he would settle on the ...
... true Celt : very courageous and impulsive ; touchy and apt to misunder- stand . His temper , indeed , is as hot as " the weather and the wars " ; it boils over at an imaginary slight1 ( III . 2. 113-115 ) , and he would settle on the ...
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KING HENRY V ED BY AW VERITY William 1564-1616 Shakespeare,A. W. (Arthur Wilson) 1863-1937 Verity No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 182 - But these are all lies : men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them, but not for love.
Page 40 - Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war. — And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture : let us swear That you are worth your breeding ; which I doubt not, For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Page 76 - God's will ! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost ; It yearns me not if men my garments wear ; Such outward things dwell not in my desires : But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Page 40 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height.
Page 14 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion ; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience : for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page 6 - Familiar as his garter: that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honey'd sentences...
Page 61 - Fire answers fire, and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face : Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Page 4 - O pardon ! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million, And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Page 182 - And thou oppos'd, being of no woman born, Yet I will try the last. Before my body I throw my warlike shield : lay on, Macduff ; And damn'd be him that first cries,
Page 96 - Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.