This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... battle of Agincourt , one of his s wishes for more men to oppose to the French - answers in a speech that has echoed down the ries as the perfect voice of England outnumbered- s so often happened in our story — but unafraid : KING HENRY ...
... battle of Agincourt , one of his s wishes for more men to oppose to the French - answers in a speech that has echoed down the ries as the perfect voice of England outnumbered- s so often happened in our story — but unafraid : KING HENRY ...
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... battle against the enemies of thy Gospel . Such is the soil from which Shakespeare's work flowers . In an age when the Queen of England speaks , as a matter of course , like that , it is no wonder that the greatest of our poets should ...
... battle against the enemies of thy Gospel . Such is the soil from which Shakespeare's work flowers . In an age when the Queen of England speaks , as a matter of course , like that , it is no wonder that the greatest of our poets should ...
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... fought upon the clouds , In ranks and squadrons and right form of war , Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol ; The noise of battle hurtled in the air ... Shakespeare's dream of what was once recorded to have happened THIS SCEPTRED ISLE 35.
... fought upon the clouds , In ranks and squadrons and right form of war , Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol ; The noise of battle hurtled in the air ... Shakespeare's dream of what was once recorded to have happened THIS SCEPTRED ISLE 35.
Common terms and phrases
1940 Reprinted Agincourt Armada armies awake Banquo Banquo's descendants BASIL BLACKWELL battle bless blesséd blood Bolingbroke Britain call'd condemnation Coriolanus crack of doom Cranmer's prophecy Crispian Cromwell crown deeply destiny doth enemies England must oppose England should act English king eyes Falstaff Farewell fear feeling fight Fortinbras France gentle glory God's HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry IV Henry VI Henry VIII holy honour John of Gaunt knows last play Macbeth MENENIUS mercy Message for ENGLAND mother murders nobility peace perilous narrow ocean Perjury pity princes prophetic Queen realms under James religious Richard Richard II rouse royal sceptred isle Scotland sense of England's Shake Shakespeare shows SHAKESPEARIAN SICINIUS sleep soul Spanish Armada speaks speare's last speech sword tell the Dauphin thee thine Timon to-day truth two-fold balls tyrant union of realms victory voice of England whilst WILSON KNIGHT wins Wolsey words