 | Waller R. Newell - 2009 - 308 pages
...before the walls of Harfleur, where they have come to wrest back their lands lost to France: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage. To visualize the difference between the sober, self-disciplined courage recommended... | |
 | Evan Hunter - 2004 - 484 pages
...of his diaphragm. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more," he quoted loudly, strongly, "or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace...in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger." "An aptly chosen quotation for this particular example," Stanley said smilingly, pleased. "Henry the... | |
 | James R. Keller, Leslie Stratyner - 2014 - 208 pages
...Play's the Thing Patrick Finn Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall upon our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes...imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, conjure up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage. [Henry V, III.i.1-8] Politics today... | |
 | Allen J. Frantzen - 2004 - 352 pages
...from the most famous speech in the play, when Henry speaks before the siege of Harfleur: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close...so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility. (1 — 4) Grimaldi understandably omitted the first two of these lines, with their reference to the... | |
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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger... 
