This Sceptred Isle: Shakespeare's Message for England at War |
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... hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day . See how he appeals , not to duty , but to his followers ' own , royal , selves . I think we might apply that to England as a whole to - day . The ...
... hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day . See how he appeals , not to duty , but to his followers ' own , royal , selves . I think we might apply that to England as a whole to - day . The ...
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... hold something in reserve for the second half , from the ' phoenix ' reference onwards using a deeper volume , giving the speech a new lease of life , like the gathering of a new wave , in celebration of England's deathless sovereignty ...
... hold something in reserve for the second half , from the ' phoenix ' reference onwards using a deeper volume , giving the speech a new lease of life , like the gathering of a new wave , in celebration of England's deathless sovereignty ...
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... hold for a victorious England , this , Shake- speare's last word to his countrymen , must surely , if she is not to falsify her great heritage , be felt shining before her , to light her path in the mazes and the darkness ahead . III Is ...
... hold for a victorious England , this , Shake- speare's last word to his countrymen , must surely , if she is not to falsify her great heritage , be felt shining before her , to light her path in the mazes and the darkness ahead . III Is ...
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