The Life of King Henry V. Measure for MeasurePresident Publishing Company, 1909 - 147 pages |
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... spirit which in- forms the whole , is essentially epic and lyrical rather than dramatic , and the words addressed by Ben Jonson to the arch - patriot among English poets , the poet of the Ballad of Agincourt , " his friend , Michael ...
... spirit which in- forms the whole , is essentially epic and lyrical rather than dramatic , and the words addressed by Ben Jonson to the arch - patriot among English poets , the poet of the Ballad of Agincourt , " his friend , Michael ...
Page xvii
... spirit and poetry of a sort of jubilant patriotism , of which the king himself is probably the most eloquent impersonation ever delineated . Viewed in this light , the play , however inferior to many others in dramatic effect , is as ...
... spirit and poetry of a sort of jubilant patriotism , of which the king himself is probably the most eloquent impersonation ever delineated . Viewed in this light , the play , however inferior to many others in dramatic effect , is as ...
Page xxii
... spirit . " The brave officers of Henry's army are , however , finely contrasted with the scum of England , -Nym , Bar- dolph , and Pistol . As to poor Falstaff , the description of his death in the play affects us with emotions that are ...
... spirit . " The brave officers of Henry's army are , however , finely contrasted with the scum of England , -Nym , Bar- dolph , and Pistol . As to poor Falstaff , the description of his death in the play affects us with emotions that are ...
Page xxiv
... spirit of ale - house freemasonry , so in his altered sphere he excites the wonder of all hearers by discoursing upon divinity , war , and statecraft , as if each had been his peculiar and lifelong interest . The charm that had formerly ...
... spirit of ale - house freemasonry , so in his altered sphere he excites the wonder of all hearers by discoursing upon divinity , war , and statecraft , as if each had been his peculiar and lifelong interest . The charm that had formerly ...
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... spirit of the age with its relations to the past , and the character of the two belligerent nations is brought out in a truly dramatic style , by giving the utmost animation to the action . Henry IV , on his death - bed , had counselled ...
... spirit of the age with its relations to the past , and the character of the two belligerent nations is brought out in a truly dramatic style , by giving the utmost animation to the action . Henry IV , on his death - bed , had counselled ...
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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...