This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall... The Works of Shakespeare ... - Page 145by William Shakespeare - 1907Full view - About this book
| Margaret Gaskin - 2006 - 472 pages
...a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. Colin Perry read this in an American magazine: Perry, p. 201; Come The Three Corners by Sir Harry Britain... | |
| William Shakespeare - 2011 - 356 pages
...conqueror But when it first did help to wound itself. 120 Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms And we shall shock them. Naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. They exit, ^bearing the body of King... | |
| Daniel James Ennis, Judith Bailey Slagle - 2007 - 272 pages
...a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.2 This speech, coming from King John's most able advisor, is a model for the next four hundred... | |
| William Henry Thorne - 1902
...never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself .... Come three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them; nought shall make us rue, If England do itself do rest but true." So the play ends ; and the words have often been quoted with proper national... | |
| Margreta de Grazia - 2007 - 16 pages
...of attack from France hovers over the play, though it ends with a boast of England's invincibility, "Come the three corners of the world in arms / And we shall shock them."4' At the turn of the nineteenth century, AC Bradley devised the category of "pure" tragedy in... | |
| Sandra Clark - 2007 - 465 pages
...shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror But when it first did help to wound itself. . . . Naught shall make us rue If England to itself do rest but true. (5.7.112-14, 117-18) Falconbridge, who is the illegitimate son of Richard Coeur de Lion, and thus isolated... | |
| Robert Fisk - 2008 - 544 pages
...was filmed during the Second World War. The Bastard's final promise in King John is simple enough: Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. But the true believers — the Osamas... | |
| Hervé Fourtina, Nathalie Jaëck, Joël Richard - 2008 - 298 pages
...princes are come home again, Come the three corners ofthe world in arms, And we shall shock them.1 Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. (Shakespeare, King John, Acte 5, scène VII) Cette profession de foi patriotique sera développée... | |
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