This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... sword , and fire rouch for employment . But pardon , gentles all , he flat unraiséd spirits that have dared n this unworthy scaffold to bring forth O great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram ...
... sword , and fire rouch for employment . But pardon , gentles all , he flat unraiséd spirits that have dared n this unworthy scaffold to bring forth O great an object : can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram ...
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... swords for lack of argument . Dishonour not your mothers ; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you . Be copy now to men of grosser blood , And teach them how to war . And you , good yeomen , Whose limbs were made in ...
... swords for lack of argument . Dishonour not your mothers ; now attest That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you . Be copy now to men of grosser blood , And teach them how to war . And you , good yeomen , Whose limbs were made in ...
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... sword , ur children's children quit it in your age . en in the name of God and all these rights , vance your standards , draw your willing swords . ard falls . But notice how , in his own soliloquy , his vas felt as certain , as ...
... sword , ur children's children quit it in your age . en in the name of God and all these rights , vance your standards , draw your willing swords . ard falls . But notice how , in his own soliloquy , his vas felt as certain , as ...
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