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" 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 3
by William Shakespeare - 1908
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: In the House of ..., Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1816 - 588 pages
...hypocrisy ; and when hypocrisy might think proper to conclude her game, and let profligacy play her part, " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment." Measures of this complexion would indeed account for ministerial taciturnity. It was the only species...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1817 - 378 pages
...SCENE—at the beginning of the play, lies in England; but aftemards, wholly in France. I Enter CHORUS. V-Jj FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Leash'd...
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The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface ..., Volume 3

Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...against France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great an hero : Oil for a Muse of fire ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employments. A conqueror drawn like the god of battle, with such a dreadful leash of hell-hound* at...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...most striking images in all Shakespear is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarch* to behold the swelling scene ! Then Aould the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 pages
...Play, lies in England ; but afterwards, "whally in France. • • • • <.' ' • ' 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...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...at his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sivord, and Jirt Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted it, would not have improved upon...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first line* of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...at his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, mord, and Jirt Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted it, would not have improved upon this...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 552 pages
...most striking images in all Shakespear is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at his heels Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fore Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 pages
...The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a staffe, princes to act, And monarchs to benold 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 I his cockpit...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - 1819 - 348 pages
...against France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great an hero : Oh for a Muse of fire! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employments. A conqueror drawn like the god of battle, with such a dreadful leash of hell-hounds at:...
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