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... cause of policy , The Gordian knot of it he will unloose , Familiar as his garter ; that , when he speaks , The air , a charter'd libertine , is still , And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears , To steal his sweet and honey'd ...
... cause of policy , The Gordian knot of it he will unloose , Familiar as his garter ; that , when he speaks , The air , a charter'd libertine , is still , And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears , To steal his sweet and honey'd ...
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... causes now in hand , Which I have open'd to his grace at large , As touching France , to give a greater sum Than ever at one time the clergy yet Did to his predecessors part withal . Ely . How did this offer seem receiv'd , my lord ...
... causes now in hand , Which I have open'd to his grace at large , As touching France , to give a greater sum Than ever at one time the clergy yet Did to his predecessors part withal . Ely . How did this offer seem receiv'd , my lord ...
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... cause and means and might ; So hath your highness ; never king of England Had nobles richer , and more loyal subjects , Whose hearts have left their bodies here in England And lie pavilion'd in the fields of France . Cant . Olet their ...
... cause and means and might ; So hath your highness ; never king of England Had nobles richer , and more loyal subjects , Whose hearts have left their bodies here in England And lie pavilion'd in the fields of France . Cant . Olet their ...
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... cause to curse the Dauphin's scorn . But this lies all within the will of God , To whom I do appeal ; and in whose name Tell you the Dauphin I am coming on , To venge me as I may and to put forth My rightful hand in a well - hallow'd cause ...
... cause to curse the Dauphin's scorn . But this lies all within the will of God , To whom I do appeal ; and in whose name Tell you the Dauphin I am coming on , To venge me as I may and to put forth My rightful hand in a well - hallow'd cause ...
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... cause of thank- fulness , And shall forget the office of our hand , Sooner than quittance of desert and merit According to the weight and worthiness . Scroop . So service shall with steeled sinews toil , And labour shall refresh itself ...
... cause of thank- fulness , And shall forget the office of our hand , Sooner than quittance of desert and merit According to the weight and worthiness . Scroop . So service shall with steeled sinews toil , And labour shall refresh itself ...
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Page 72 - And crowns for convoy put into his purse; We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us. This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
Page 72 - But he'll remember with advantages What feats he did that day : then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words, Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester, Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
Page 3 - So great an object: can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work.
Page 72 - 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 ; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers ; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother ; be he ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's...
Page 71 - s he that wishes so ? My cousin Westmoreland ? No, my fair cousin. If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires; But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a...
Page 36 - 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 blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Page 36 - 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...
Page 117 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught.
Page 67 - fore the king, The throne he sits on, nor the tide of pomp That beats upon the high shore of this world, No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous ceremony, Not all these, laid in bed majestical, Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave, Who with a body fill'd and vacant mind Gets him to rest, cramm'd with distressful bread...