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... The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Page 3by William Shakespeare - 1908Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...The brightest heaven of invention!1 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold2 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.3 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit,4 that hath dar'dr On this unworthy... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.2 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 428 pages
...Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. . KING HENRY V. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great an object : Can this cockpit... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 pages
...brightest' heaven of invention!' i A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 1 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great an object: Can this cockpit... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 pages
...brightest heaven of invention I A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarchs to behold the swellmg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself,...and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine,sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. JOHNSON O. FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend •• The brightest...stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelljpg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , HKe himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1813 - 446 pages
...has elsewhere observed, Shakspeare probably meant fire, sword, and famine. So, in King Henry V : " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume...Mars; and, at his heels, " Leash'd in like hounds, should^mzVze, sword, saAJire, " Crouch for employment." The same observation is made by Steele, in... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1813 - 942 pages
...in Engjftcrti-ards, wholly in France. i *~ i~ *» L.——W [ fir I land; but aftc 0. Enter Clums. , FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, prince* to act, And monarchy to bebold the swelling scene ! Tfcrn should the warlike Harry, like himself,... | |
| Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...flights ; without any allusion to the Peripatetic system, or to the aspiring nature of fire. B. Chor. Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. Leas/it in like hounds, should famine, srcord, andjire, Crouch for employment. j Lot ; and, as I suppose,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...soft silencing your son. § 21. THE LIFE OF HENRY V. SHAK.SPEARE. Prologue. O, FOR a muse of lire, that would ascend, The brightest heaven of invention...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leasht in like hounds, should famine, sword. Crouch for employment. [and fire, Consideration. Consideration... | |
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