This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... Give me another horse ! bind up my wounds ! Have mercy , Jesu ! Soft ! I did but dream . O coward conscience , how dost thou afflict me ! The lights burn blue . It is now dead midnight . Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh ...
... Give me another horse ! bind up my wounds ! Have mercy , Jesu ! Soft ! I did but dream . O coward conscience , how dost thou afflict me ! The lights burn blue . It is now dead midnight . Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh ...
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... give good and prosperous success to all those that fight this battle against the enemies of thy Gospel . Such is the soil from which Shakespeare's work flowers . In an age when the Queen of England speaks , as a matter of course , like ...
... give good and prosperous success to all those that fight this battle against the enemies of thy Gospel . Such is the soil from which Shakespeare's work flowers . In an age when the Queen of England speaks , as a matter of course , like ...
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... give a true account of her action's source . But her deeds are not greater than all words ; and the words which tell of Britain in her spirit's energy must be sought from her poets . There has been much listening to voices of the past ...
... give a true account of her action's source . But her deeds are not greater than all words ; and the words which tell of Britain in her spirit's energy must be sought from her poets . There has been much listening to voices of the past ...
Common terms and phrases
1940 Reprinted Agincourt Armada armies awake Banquo Banquo's descendants BASIL BLACKWELL battle bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act English king eyes Falstaff Farewell fear feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour John of Gaunt knows last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy Message for ENGLAND mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity princes prophetic Queen realms under James religious Richard Richard II rouse royal sceptred isle Scotland sense of England's Shake Shakespeare shows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech sword tell the Dauphin thee thine Timon to-day truth two-fold balls tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words