 Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered : We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle...  Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3 - Page 190by William Shakespeare - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Joni Eareckson Tada - 2006 - 421 pages
...outnumbered by the French five to one. But Henry rallies them with these words of inspiration: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their... | |
 | Ed Rasimus - 2006 - 284 pages
...shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember'd; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their... | |
 | Dennis Brown, Jenny Plastow - 2006 - 308 pages
...- because in physical battle, as in the death it may lead to, all are also mortally equal: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that...ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition. (Henry F4.3 60-63) Out of such visits, I repeat, Harry can make English history and tradition not a... | |
 | Roger Gill - 2006 - 409 pages
...offer of equality and turns the outrageous odds against winning into an inspiring challenge: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition. This speech impressed Winston Churchill so much during the Second World War that he asked Richard's... | |
 | James Patrick - 2007 - 294 pages
...of Agincourt: And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered; We few, we happy few,...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their... | |
 | Janet Brennan Croft, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III - 2007 - 337 pages
...allow his men to glimpse. Instead, his rhetoric embraces them and lifts them up as brothers: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition [4.3.60-63]. Henry, too, has found his metier. War and Politics Much has been written concerning Hal's... | |
 | Thomas MacFaul - 2007 - 9 pages
...jars with the following lines which use the normal we to assert the companionship of the army: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition, (iv. iii. 60—3) This is so much hollow rhetoric: peasants at the battle were not made gentlemen.1... | |
 | Thomas E. Ricks - 2007 - 338 pages
...Depot Commander: Brig. Gen. Jack Klimp Depot Senior Sergeant: Depot Sgt. Maj. Harold Moore We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now abed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here. — Shakespeare,... | |
 | Michael Knight - 2008 - 208 pages
...thought about it for a second. The leafless trees. The pewter sky. The weird kung fu. I said, "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers / For he today that...ne'er so vile / This day shall gentle his condition / And gentlemen in England now a-bed / Shall think themselves accursed they were not here / And hold... | |
 | Kingsley Browne - 2007 - 378 pages
...be a permanent feature of the military. 11 The Bond of Brothers: All for One and One for All We few, we happy few, we band of brothers: For he to-day that...ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England, now a-bed, Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here: And hold their... | |
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