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... 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 , ich serves it in the office of a wall , 4 ISLE THIS SCEPTRED.
... 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 , ich serves it in the office of a wall , 4 ISLE THIS SCEPTRED.
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... ; Unto whose grace our passion is as subject As are our wretches fetter'd in our prisons . That last line sounds , it is true , a trifle harsh : Shakespeare did not sentimentalize Henry V. But , after the long 28 THIS SCEPTRED ISLE.
... ; Unto whose grace our passion is as subject As are our wretches fetter'd in our prisons . That last line sounds , it is true , a trifle harsh : Shakespeare did not sentimentalize Henry V. But , after the long 28 THIS SCEPTRED ISLE.
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... sceptred isle , This earth of majesty , this seat of Mars ... " This sceptred isle ' : the phrase goes deeper than you might think , suggesting a royal responsibility held by our own island home and race among the peoples of the world ...
... sceptred isle , This earth of majesty , this seat of Mars ... " This sceptred isle ' : the phrase goes deeper than you might think , suggesting a royal responsibility held by our own island home and race among the peoples of the world ...
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