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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, Leashed... "
The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E. Malone] with ... - Page 265
by William Shakespeare - 1833
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - 1859 - 494 pages
...most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " 0 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, suxtrd, and fire, Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had...
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Shakespeare's play of King Henry the fifth, arranged for representation at ...

William Shakespeare, Charles John Kean - 1859 - 104 pages
...THE FIFTH. Enter CHORUS. O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, 1 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs...warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; 2 and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment....
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Pearls of Shakspeare, a collection of the most brilliant passages found in ...

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 186 pages
...poorest vassal is, That doth with awe and terror kneel to it. KING HENRY V. INVOCATION TO THE MUSE. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment. CONSIDERATION. Consideration like an angel came, And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him; Leaving...
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Pearls of Shakespeare: A Collection of the Most Brilliant Passages Found in ...

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 182 pages
...poorest vassal is, That doth with awe and terror kneel to it. KING HENRY V. INVOCATION TO THE MUSE. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment. CONSIDERATION. Consideration like an angel came, And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him; Leaving...
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The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 420 pages
...QUICKLY, Pistol'* U'i/e, an Lords. Ladies, Officers, French and English Afrsienqerx. and Attendants, 1 1 CHORUS. O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The...princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling sceue ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd...
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Choice thoughts from Shakspere, by the author of 'The book of familiar ...

William Shakespeare - 1861 - 352 pages
...amusing episode of Fluellen forcing the bully Pistol to eat the leek. CHORUS. Invocation of the Muse. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. ACT 1. Consideration, Consideration like an angel came, And whipp'd the offending Adam out of him ;...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, from the Text of Johnson ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1862 - 576 pages
...ATTENDANTS. The SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England; but afterwards wholly in Prance. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend...invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And raonarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1863 - 472 pages
...LIFE OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH, ACT I. Enter Chorus. CHORUS. OFOR a Muse of fire, that would ascend 2 The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash' d in like hounds, should Famine, Sword, and Fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles...
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Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins

esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...they which have been my friends ; and woe to my Lord Chief Justice. — Sc. 3. KING HENRY V. CJiorut. 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 fire, Crouch for employment. — Act 1. Chorus,...
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The dramatic works of William Shakespeare, with copious glossarial notes and ...

William Shakespeare - 1864 - 1056 pages
...At the beginning of the play, lies in England : but aftei'wards wholly in France. Enter Chorus. 0, for a muse of fire that would ascend, The brightest...warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; arid at his heels, Leash'd in like bounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment....
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