 | George Wilkes - 1882 - 512 pages
...Essex's campaign in Ireland, and his hoped-for return, which took place in September of that year: " As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him! " " There can be no doubt," remarks Kenny, " that these lines refer to the expedition of the Earl of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1882 - 136 pages
...Csesar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress 30 (As, in good time, he may) from Ireland coming, Bringing...more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry. Now iu London place him 35 (As yet the lamentation of the French Invites the king of England's stay at... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 208 pages
...that promise, is highly probable. On the other hand, in the Chorus to Act v. we have the following : Were now the general of our gracious Empress — As...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! This undoubtedly refers to the Earl of Essex, who went on his expedition against the Irish rebels... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1888 - 520 pages
...doth pour out her citizens ! The mayor and all his brethren, in best sort — Like to the senators of antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ? The play of 2d Henry IV. and that of Henry V. constitute a deification of military greatness; and... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1888 - 496 pages
...the chorus to the fifth act an enthusiastic reception is promised him on his return to London : — Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! Essex marched slowly towards Beaumaris, and after a rough passage he arrived at Dublin, 15 April.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 356 pages
...inferred from what is said concerning the latter in the chorus preceding Act v. of Henry V. :— " As by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the...much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry. " The last words are to be noted, as well as the hatred for rebellion which Shakespeare expresses.... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1892 - 204 pages
...popularity of Essex is to be found in Shakespeare's allusion to him in the chorus, Act V. of Henry V. 30: Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! 3034. Sir Waller Raleigh (1552-1618), courtier and favorite of Elizabeth. Rich on the products of... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1892 - 216 pages
...popularity of Essex is to be found in Shakespeare's allusion to him in the chorus, Act V. of Henry V. 30: Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! 3034. Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618), courtier and favorite of Elizabeth. Rich on the products of... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1893 - 538 pages
...after his return from Agincourt, says that the citizens poured out to meet him " As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " Essex was in Ireland from the twenty-seventh of March to the twenty-eighth of September, 1599,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1894 - 746 pages
...by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, so As in good tune he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached...cause, Did they this Harry. Now in London place him ; 35 As yet the lamentation of the French Invites the King of England's stay at home ; 10 Jlood]Pope.... | |
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Like to the senators of th' antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth, and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress (As in good time he may) from... 
