This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... earth directly to the other . In the wider plan and pattern of the world , Shakespeare at the last feels England to be marked out as an example of both religious wisdom and royal strength . The sense of heroic kingship crowning the ...
... earth directly to the other . In the wider plan and pattern of the world , Shakespeare at the last feels England to be marked out as an example of both religious wisdom and royal strength . The sense of heroic kingship crowning the ...
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... earth , and at this time compassed about with most strong and subtle adversaries . O ! let thine enemies know that thou hast received England , which they most of all for thy Gospel's sake do malign , into thine own protec- tion . Set a ...
... earth , and at this time compassed about with most strong and subtle adversaries . O ! let thine enemies know that thou hast received England , which they most of all for thy Gospel's sake do malign , into thine own protec- tion . Set a ...
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... 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 . We are to - day ...
... 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 . We are to - day ...
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