 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pagini
...Attendants. The SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies m England; but afterwards, wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash 'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 pagini
...against France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great an hero: ' Oh 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-hounds at... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pagini
...Attendants. The SCENE, at the Beginning of the Play, lies in England; but aftenvards, wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend...himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, nnd fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pagini
...in England ; but afterwards, wholly in France. CHORUS. f\ For a muse of fire 2, that would ascend J Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, [all, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 pagini
...The brightest heaven of invention I 1 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 2 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. 3 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, 4 that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pagini
...The brightest heaven of invention!1 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold2 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.3 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit,4 that hath dar'dr On this unworthy... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pagini
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.2 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 pagini
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. JOHNSON O. FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend •• The...stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelljpg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , HKe himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 pagini
...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,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pagini
...soft silencing your son. § 21. THE LIFE OF HENRY V. SHAK.SPEARE. Prologue. O, FOR a muse of lire, that would ascend, The brightest heaven of invention...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leasht in like hounds, should famine, sword. Crouch for employment. [and fire, Consideration. Consideration... | |
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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... 
