The Life of King Henry V. Measure for MeasurePresident Publishing Company, 1909 - 147 pages |
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... ACTION The time of Henry V covers ten days , with intervals , em- bracing altogether a period of about six years , from the opening of the Parliament at Leicester , April 30 , 1414 , to Henry's betrothal to Katherine , May 20 , 1420 ...
... ACTION The time of Henry V covers ten days , with intervals , em- bracing altogether a period of about six years , from the opening of the Parliament at Leicester , April 30 , 1414 , to Henry's betrothal to Katherine , May 20 , 1420 ...
Page xxi
... action by putting long speeches in the mouths of the per- sons of the drama . " However much Shakespeare celebrates the French con- quest of King Henry , still he has not omitted to hint , after his way , the secret springs of this ...
... action by putting long speeches in the mouths of the per- sons of the drama . " However much Shakespeare celebrates the French con- quest of King Henry , still he has not omitted to hint , after his way , the secret springs of this ...
Page xxii
... action and striking per- sonages ; but I cannot quite agree with Schlegel as to the nice discrimination which he discovers in the portraiture of Irish , Scotch , and Welch character among the brave cap- tains of Henry's camp . Schlegel ...
... action and striking per- sonages ; but I cannot quite agree with Schlegel as to the nice discrimination which he discovers in the portraiture of Irish , Scotch , and Welch character among the brave cap- tains of Henry's camp . Schlegel ...
Page xxvi
... action of the play . His reply at the moment , and his soliloquy after , are sufficiently in harmony to evince the sincerity of his reply , and thus to prove that he is as unconsciously blind when he an- swers with plausible detail a ...
... action of the play . His reply at the moment , and his soliloquy after , are sufficiently in harmony to evince the sincerity of his reply , and thus to prove that he is as unconsciously blind when he an- swers with plausible detail a ...
Page xxvii
... actions of the king , by showing us the character of the man , as " the king of good fellows . " He scarcely deserves this honor . He was fond of war and low company : -we know little else of him . He was careless , dissolute , and am ...
... actions of the king , by showing us the character of the man , as " the king of good fellows . " He scarcely deserves this honor . He was fond of war and low company : -we know little else of him . He was careless , dissolute , and am ...
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Page 23 - Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in. their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil...
Page 95 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Page 9 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do: Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 43 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Page 6 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? 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 5 - 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 in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment.
Page 117 - 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 63 - 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 9 - Hear him but reason in divinity, And, all-admiring, with an inward wish You would desire the king were made a prelate : Hear him debate of commonwealth affairs, You would say, — it hath been...
Page 49 - Would I were with him, wheresome'er he is, either in heaven or in hell ! ' Host. Nay, sure, he 's not in hell : he 's in Arthur's bosom, if ever man went to Arthur's bosom. A' made a finer end and went away an it had been any christom child ; a' parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide : for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...