This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England , now a - bed , Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here , And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day . See how he appeals , not ...
... gentle his condition : And gentlemen in England , now a - bed , Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here , And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day . See how he appeals , not ...
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... gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The thronéd monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force ...
... gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The thronéd monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force ...
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... gentle Cranmer , so humble compared with the other great persons here and himself a symbol of England's new - founded church , the Church of England , speaks the supreme national prophecy in our literature . In reading , start quietly ...
... gentle Cranmer , so humble compared with the other great persons here and himself a symbol of England's new - founded church , the Church of England , speaks the supreme national prophecy in our literature . In reading , start quietly ...
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