The Life of Henry the FiftNew Shakspere Society, 1880 - 180 pages |
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... king's attention to other objects . Accordingly Chicheley in a speech at the parliament of Leicester , 1414 , set forth Henry's claim to Normandy , Aquitaine , and the other ancient appanages of the English crown ; as also his title to ...
... king's attention to other objects . Accordingly Chicheley in a speech at the parliament of Leicester , 1414 , set forth Henry's claim to Normandy , Aquitaine , and the other ancient appanages of the English crown ; as also his title to ...
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... king's service , but risked their lives in his defence , while the clergy sat idly at home . To this Thomas Arundel , archbishop of Canterbury , replied by asserting that on the contrary the king received tenths from the clergy oftener ...
... king's service , but risked their lives in his defence , while the clergy sat idly at home . To this Thomas Arundel , archbishop of Canterbury , replied by asserting that on the contrary the king received tenths from the clergy oftener ...
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... king's zeal for the purity of the Christian faith . Nicolas , " who refers to the parliamentary rolls as his authority , ignores the Leicester parliament altogether , and says that Henry Beaufort , bishop of Winchester , who was then ...
... king's zeal for the purity of the Christian faith . Nicolas , " who refers to the parliamentary rolls as his authority , ignores the Leicester parliament altogether , and says that Henry Beaufort , bishop of Winchester , who was then ...
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... king's dominions his subjects ' burdens would be lessened , and great honour and glory would accrue to them . The authenticity and justice of the Salic law , questions which form the theme of Chicheley's speech as given by Hall , were ...
... king's dominions his subjects ' burdens would be lessened , and great honour and glory would accrue to them . The authenticity and justice of the Salic law , questions which form the theme of Chicheley's speech as given by Hall , were ...
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... king to passe the time with such childish exercise , than to attempt any worthie exploit . " The king wrote to the ... king's speech beginning , " We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us , " & c . From II . 281–282 : — " And ...
... king to passe the time with such childish exercise , than to attempt any worthie exploit . " The king wrote to the ... king's speech beginning , " We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us , " & c . From II . 281–282 : — " And ...
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Page lvii - So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than that which hath no foil to set it off.
Page lviii - If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work; But when they seldom come, they wish'd for come, And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am By so much shall I falsify men's hopes; And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation...
Page xci - The Puritan hated bearbaiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Page xxi - 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...
Page xxxiii - O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to-day ! K.
Page lxv - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To his full height On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of warproof ! Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn till even fought And sheathed their swords for lack of argument : Dishonour not your mothers ; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Page 73 - This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Page v - 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 in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Page lxv - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture ; let us swear That you are worth your breeding : which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,* Straining upon the start. The game's afoot ; Follow your spirit : and, upon this charge, Cry — God for Harry ! England ! and Saint George ! [Exeunt . Alarum, and Chambers go off.
Page lxxi - He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity...