 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 448 pages
...observed1, Shakspeare probably meant^re, sword, and famine. So, in King Henry V. Chorus to Act I. : " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, " Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, yn&Jire, " Crouch for employment." The sama observation... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 530 pages
...author's 103d Sonnet : "—a face, " That overgoes my blunt invention quite." Again, in K. Henry V. : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention ! " MALONE. Steevens says that intention, in this place, means eagerness of desire : — but I believe... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 pages
...SCEN E, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. ; - Leash 'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, [all, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 862 pages
...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 414 pages
...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... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 442 pages
...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... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 332 pages
...against France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great a 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 - 1823 - 590 pages
...Hostess. Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 2 the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 384 pages
...which Shakespeare founded, &c. printed by S Leacroft, I778. MALONE. VOL. VI, At , Enter CHORUS. Oj FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention !' V kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 422 pages
...Scene at the beginning of the play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France, Enter Chorus. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold, to bring... | |
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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... 
