 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
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander - 488 pages
...stone 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, 7 I have... | |
 | Krishan Kumar - History - 2003 - 390 pages
...stone set in a 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 plot, this earth, this realm, this England. (Richard II, Act 2, Scene l) This is truly unbeatable, and could be unpacked at length... | |
 | Catherine M. S. Alexander - 2003 - 504 pages
...plot, this earth, this Realme, this England, This NURSE, this TEEMING WOMBE of Royall Kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous for their birth, RENOWNED FOR THEIR DEEDS, AS FARRE FROM HOME, FOR CHRISTIAN SERUICE, AND TRUE CHIUALRIE, AS IS THE SEPULCHER IN STUBBORNE luty Of... | |
 | Rui Manuel G. de Carvalho Homem, A. J. Hoenselaars - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 296 pages
...stone 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...womb of royal kings, Feared by their breed and famous by their hirth, Renowned for their deeds as far from home For Christian service and true chivalty As... | |
 | Robert E. Belknap - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 284 pages
...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... | |
 | Joan Fitzpatrick - History - 2004 - 198 pages
...womb inherits naught but bones", a verbal link to his earlier reference to England as "This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, / This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings". As Julia Reinhard Lupton pointed out in relation to Spenser's View, 'plot' could also mean policy or... | |
 | Eliot Clarke - History - 2003 - 290 pages
...stone set in a silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands; This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England! The development of paramount importance to the future of America was that colonial charters... | |
 | John Baxter - Drama - 2005 - 280 pages
...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... | |
 | George Courtauld - History - 2005 - 76 pages
...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.... Far from home, For Christian... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine - Performing Arts - 2011 - 355 pages
...the scandal would vanish 79. composition: condition, state 82. meat: food 61 Richard II ACT 2. sc. l Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this 55 England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Feared by their breed and famous by... | |
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