This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against... Pitman's Popular Lecturer and Reader - Page 1691864Full view - About this book
 | Charles Gildon - Criticism - 1718
...Plat, this Earth, this Realm, this England, This Nurfe, this teeming Womb of Royal Kings, Fear'd for their Breed, and famous for their Birth, Renowned for their Deeds, as fir from home, For Chriftian Service, and true Chivalry, A? is the Sepulchre in ftubboru Jury Of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1789
...plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurfe, this teeming womb of royal kings, ' Fear'd for their breed, and famous for their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For Chriftian fervice, and true chivalry) As is the fepulchre in ftubborn Jewry, Of the world's ranfom,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Joseph Rann - 1789
...plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurfe, this teeming womb of royal kings, ' Fear'd for their breed, and famous for their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For Chriftian fervice, and true chivalry) As is the fepulchre in ftubborn Jewry, Of the world's ranfom,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803
...set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed...England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For Christian... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803
...set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands; This blessed...England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For Christian... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805
...set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands; This blessed...England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed,3 and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805
...set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands; This blessed...England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed,3 and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806
...in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Of as a moat defensive to a house, • Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed...England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For Christian... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806
...of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands;7 This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth,' Renowned for their deeds as far from home, (For... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806
...set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a honse, Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed plot, this earth , this realm, this FcarM by their breed , and famons by their birth, Renowned for their deeds as tar from home, (For... | |
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