 O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd...  King Henry IV., part II. King Henry V. King Henry VI., part I. King Henry VI ... - Page 137by William Shakespeare - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Hans-Jürgen Diller, Uwe-Karsten Ketelsen, Hans Ulrich Seeber - Drama - 1998 - 246 pages
...großen Krieg angemessen darzustellen: But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? Prol. 8-14 Dem Prologsprecher zufolge bedauern... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 356 pages
...and tire Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraisèd spirits that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden 0 the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? 0 pardon: since a crooked figure may Attest... | |
 | Ian Wilson - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 564 pages
...Adonis and Rape of Lucrece, so in Henry v he craves But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold to bring...fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O pardon! This 'unworthy scaffold', 'this... | |
 | Robert Weimann - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 324 pages
...ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment. (1-8) To appropriate "A kingdom for a stage" with the help of imaginative "invention" seems a task... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2000 - 60 pages
...and fire Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that have dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! Since a crooked figure may Attest... | |
 | John Julius Norwich - History - 2001 - 438 pages
...these is given in the opening lines: But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? There had been no apologies of this kind before... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 272 pages
...ascend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object. Can this cockpit... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2001 - 212 pages
...heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene. 5 Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits, that hath dar'd, 10 scaffold: platform, stage. 11 cockpit: pit for cock.fighting. 12 vasty... | |
 | David Hirson - Drama - 2001 - 148 pages
...towards the wings.) MIRANDA. (From offstage.) 'Then should the warlike Harry, like himself... " MAURICE. 'Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment ..." (Terror, again, crosses MAURICE'sface.) MIRANDA. (From offstage.) "But pardon, gentles all ..."... | |
 | Orson Welles - Drama - 2001 - 342 pages
...But pardon, gentles all, The flat unrais'd spirits that hath dared 176 Orson Welles on Shakespeare On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great...fields of France? Or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest... | |
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