 Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, — Go forth, and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress {As, in good time, he may)...  The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shakspere - Page 497by William Shakespeare - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...before the return of Essex from Ireland, in September of that year : — " Char. As by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the General of our gracious...many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him." — Act V. Ghana. And the dancer in the epilogue to the second part of the " Henry IV." is made to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 786 pages
...working-house of thought. How London doth pour out her citizens 1 The mayor, and all his brethren, in bct>t [cause,) To welcome him! much more, (and much more Did they this Harry. Now in London place him ; (As... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...the play which furnishes any evidence as to its date is found in the chorus to the fifth act : — " Were now the general of our gracious empress (As,...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! " The allusion cannot be mistaken. "About the end of March" (1599), says Camden, " the Earl of Essex... | |
 | Swynfen Jervis - 1868 - 386 pages
...that suddenly, while T am in some liking. Henri/ 4, P. 1, iii. 3. LIKELIHOOD. Parallel; comparison. As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now...coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword. Henri/ 5, iv. Chorus. LIKEXESS. Semblance ; seeming ; appearance. How may likeness wade in crimes,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Norman 1814-1886 Hudson - 1872 - 542 pages
...that promise, is highly probable. On the other hand, in the Chorus to Act v. we have the following : "Were now the general of our gracious Empress (As...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! " This undoubtedly refers to the Earl of Essex, who went on his expedition against the Irish rebels... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1874 - 578 pages
...Preface, Vol. I., pp. v. — xvi. Upon the evidence of a passage in the Chorus to the Fifth Act,— " Were now the general of our gracious empress (As,...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him !" — which bears an unmistakeable reference to the Irish expedition of tho Earl of Essex, begun and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 1146 pages
...sort, — Like to the senators of th' antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels,— Lio es Vaux so fast? what news, 1 pr'vthee? Vijux. To signify unto his plac>' [As yet the lamentation of the French [him ; Invites the king of England's stay at home ; The... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 584 pages
...antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels.— Go forth, and fetch their conquering Cassar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were...on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit [cause,) To welcome him ! much more, (and much more Did they this Harry. Now in London place him ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 438 pages
...of Essex to Ireland, in 1 599, must have been written during his absence : — " As by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious...many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him." This, coupled with the omission of all mention of this play by Meres in his Palladia Tamia, 1598, renders... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 114 pages
...likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress* (As in good time, he may) from Ireland coining, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many...cause, Did they this Harry." Now in London place him ; and omit All the oceurrences, whatever ehanc'd, Till Harry's back-return again to France ; There... | |
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