This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... prayer , takes his troubles , in all lity , to God . After that he appears newly confident , when , before the battle of Agincourt , one of his s wishes for more men to oppose to the French - answers in a speech that has echoed down the ...
... prayer , takes his troubles , in all lity , to God . After that he appears newly confident , when , before the battle of Agincourt , one of his s wishes for more men to oppose to the French - answers in a speech that has echoed down the ...
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... prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy . Shakespeare's conception of true royalty is very close to his conception of divinity ; indeed , he sees one as an at- tempt to attune man's troubled existence on earth directly to ...
... prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy . Shakespeare's conception of true royalty is very close to his conception of divinity ; indeed , he sees one as an at- tempt to attune man's troubled existence on earth directly to ...
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... prayer before the English navy's victory over the Armada , quoted recently in The Times : We do instantly beseech thee of thy gracious good- ness , to be merciful to the Church militant here upon earth , and at this time compassed about ...
... prayer before the English navy's victory over the Armada , quoted recently in The Times : We do instantly beseech thee of thy gracious good- ness , to be merciful to the Church militant here upon earth , and at this time compassed about ...
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