Shakespeare's History of King Henry the 5thHarper & Bros., 1893 - 182 pages |
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... appears to have been hastily gotten up , and was probably compiled from short - hand notes taken at the theatre . It was reprinted in 1602 " by Thomas Creede , for Thomas Pauier , " and " sold at his shop in Cornhill , at the signe of ...
... appears to have been hastily gotten up , and was probably compiled from short - hand notes taken at the theatre . It was reprinted in 1602 " by Thomas Creede , for Thomas Pauier , " and " sold at his shop in Cornhill , at the signe of ...
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... appears equally acquainted with all things , ecclesiastical and secular , in the cabinet as in the field . He no longer squanders his now valuable time , but weighs it to the last grain ; the curb of mildness and mercy is now placed on ...
... appears equally acquainted with all things , ecclesiastical and secular , in the cabinet as in the field . He no longer squanders his now valuable time , but weighs it to the last grain ; the curb of mildness and mercy is now placed on ...
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... appear to have gone too far in this , both as regards his hero , who is otherwise of so unshackled a mind , and himself , rising as he does generally so far above the narrow views of his own , to say nothing of older times . But above ...
... appear to have gone too far in this , both as regards his hero , who is otherwise of so unshackled a mind , and himself , rising as he does generally so far above the narrow views of his own , to say nothing of older times . But above ...
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... Germany call'd Meisen . Then doth it well appear the Salique law Was not devised for the realm of France : Nor did the French possess the Salique land 40 50 Until four hundred one and twenty years After defunction of ACT I. SCENE II . 29.
... Germany call'd Meisen . Then doth it well appear the Salique law Was not devised for the realm of France : Nor did the French possess the Salique land 40 50 Until four hundred one and twenty years After defunction of ACT I. SCENE II . 29.
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... appear To hold in right and title of the female . So do the kings of France unto this day ; Howbeit they would hold up this Salique iaw 60 99 10 80 90 To bar your highness claiming from the female , And 30 KING HENRY THE FIFTH .
... appear To hold in right and title of the female . So do the kings of France unto this day ; Howbeit they would hold up this Salique iaw 60 99 10 80 90 To bar your highness claiming from the female , And 30 KING HENRY THE FIFTH .
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Agincourt Alice aunchient Bardolph battle BISHOP OF ELY blood brother Burgundy Cambridge Canterbury Captain Chorus Coll constable of France crown Cymb daie Dauphin doth duke of Burgognie duke of Excester DUKES OF BERRI Earl of Cambridge earle emendation English Englishmen enimies Erpingham Exeter Exeunt Exit eyes fair father favours Fluellen folio reading French French King French Soldier gentle give Gloucester glove goot Gower grace hand Harfleur hath heart herald Holinshed honour Hostess John Johnson Kate Katherine King Henry king of England king's leek liege look Macb Macmorris majesty Malone means mercy Montjoy never night noble Orleans passage Pistol play pridge princes prol quarto Queen Rambures ransom Rich Saint Salique SCENE Schmidt soul speak Steevens quotes sword tell Temp thee thine Thomas Creede thou thought treason unto valiant victorie wear Westmoreland Williams word
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Page 35 - Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The singing masons building roofs of gold, The civil citizens kneading up the honey, The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate, The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone.
Page 96 - 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...
Page 95 - 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.
Page 35 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their ( emperor...
Page 91 - 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 ; Never sees horrid night, the child of hell ; i'ii.
Page 95 - I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England: God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour, As one man more, methinks , would share from me, For the best hope I have. O , do not wish one more ! Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart...
Page 25 - 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 11 - Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in: As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him!
Page 34 - Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page 60 - 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...