 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...  King Henry IV., part II. King Henry V. King Henry VI., part I. King Henry VI ... - Page 137by William Shakespeare - 1811Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 428 pages
...The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarch.s to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry,...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,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 pages
...brightest heaven of invention I A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarchs to behold the swellmg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself,...and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine,sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pages
...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.2 But pardon, gentles all, The flatunraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,...Can this cock-pit hold The vasty fields of France i or may we cram Within this wooden O,3 the very casques,4 That did affright the air at Agincourt ?... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pages
...flights ; without any allusion to the Peripatetic system, or to the aspiring nature of fire. B. Chor. Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. Leas/it in like hounds, should famine, srcord, andjire, Crouch for employment. j Lot ; and, as I suppose,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 588 pages
...hypocrisy ; and when hypocrisy might think proper to conclude her game, and let profligacy play her part, " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment." Measures of this complexion would indeed account for ministerial taciturnity. It was the only species... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 340 pages
...against France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great an hero : Oil for a Muse of fire ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employments. A conqueror drawn like the god of battle, with such a dreadful leash of hell-hound* at... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 pages
...The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a staffe, princes to act, And monarchs to benold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...unworthy scaffold, to bring forth So great an object: Can I his cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram, Within this wooden O, the very casques,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...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,...at his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, mord, and Jirt Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted it, would not have improved upon this... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...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,...at his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sivord, and Jirt Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted it, would not have improved upon... | |
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