 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 602 pages
...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...be my brother : be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition : 9 And gentlemen in England, now a-bed, Shall think themselves accurs'd, they... | |
 | Colin White - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 380 pages
...play, Henry i\ when the King, rallying his greatly outnumbered troops before battle, refers to, We few, we happy few, we band of brothers For he today that...be my brother; be he ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition. \Henty V, IV, 3) Nelson was clearly familiar with the Agincourt speech, so much... | |
 | Kathryn Stout - Performing Arts - 2002 - 335 pages
...inspiring them to fight valiantly along side their beloved king. "From this day to the ending of the day, we in it shall be remembered, we few, we happy few,...that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother." b) It would seem to be prophetic because here we are, many generations later, watching a movie which... | |
 | Robert Grilley - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 212 pages
...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;...be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-abed, Shall think themselves accursed they were... | |
 | Richard C. Lamb, Jr. - Religion - 2010
...Authenticity From concealment to openness Vulnerability The Mission of God in the Company of Friends We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that...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... | |
 | Kenneth E. Hamburger - History - 2003 - 282 pages
...purse: We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us. ... We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that...be my brother; be he ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England, now abed Shall think themselves accursed they were... | |
 | Louis Auchincloss - Fiction - 2004 - 250 pages
...spirit of the conquering monarch thrilled him. And Crispin Crispían shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered,...be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition: And gentlemen in England now abed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not... | |
 | Sara Munson Deats, Lagretta Tallent Lenker, Merry G. Perry - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 372 pages
...manifested in Henry's paean to the brotherhood of warriors in his St. Crispian's Day speech: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that...be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition.37 In Henry's listing of the death toll of the battle, twenty-five members of... | |
 | Geoffrey Bennington - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 354 pages
...speech) produces a sense of virile elitism which is, to say the least, somewhat uncomfortable: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that...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 accursed they were... | |
 | John Sugden - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 984 pages
...Shakespeare beautifully encapsulated his attitude to the peculiar bonding that was bred in conflict: 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that...be my brother; be he ne'er so vile This day shall gentle his condition.'11 The men of the Blanche saw the almost familial interest he had in them when... | |
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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... 
