 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...wife, an hostess. Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Masengers, and Attendants. Enter Chorus. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend...Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...Attendants. The SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies m England; but afterwards, wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash 'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 450 pages
...against France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great an hero: ' Oh for a Muse of fire ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...Leash'd in, like hounds, should Famine, Sword, and Fire, Crouch for employments.' A conqueror drawn like the god of battle, with such a dreadful leash... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 514 pages
...The brightest heaven of invention ! l A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold2 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...Attendants. The SCENE, at the Beginning of the Play, lies in England; but aftenvards, wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend...himself, Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, nnd fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 382 pages
...Attendants. The SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France* Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend...Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...in England ; but afterwards, wholly in France. CHORUS. f\ For a muse of fire 2, that would ascend J Leash' d in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, [all, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...The brightest heaven of invention!1 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold2 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.3 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit,4 that hath dar'dr... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 pages
...The brightest heaven of invention I 1 A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 2 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry,...Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. 3 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, 4 that hath dar'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...Leash'd in, like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.2 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On... | |
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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... 
