 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - Počet stránok 428
...Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. . KING HENRY V. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - Počet stránok 534
...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 The brightest heaven of invention I A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarchs to behold the swellmg scene ! Then should the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - Počet stránok 514
...Attendants. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest' heaven of invention!' i A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 1 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, • '.. Assume the port of Mars... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - Počet stránok 454
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. JOHNSON O. FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend •• The...stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelljpg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , HKe himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - Počet stránok 372
...read invention. By invention, I believe the poet means — imagination. STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. 'Tit set down so in heaven, but not in earth'] What you have stated is undoubtedly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - Počet stránok 380
...read invention. By invention, I Relieve the poet means — imagination. " STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. '77* set down to in heaven, but not in earth] What you •have slated is undoubtedly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - Počet stránok 942
...in Engjftcrti-ards, wholly in France. i *~ i~ *» L.——W [ fir I land; but aftc 0. Enter Clums. , FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, prince* to act, And monarchy to bebold the swelling scene ! Tfcrn should the warlike Harry, like himself,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - Počet stránok 446
...has elsewhere observed, Shakspeare probably meant fire, sword, and famine. So, in King Henry V : " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume the port of Mars; and, at his heels, " Leash'd in like hounds, should^mzVze, sword, saAJire, " Crouch for employment." The same observation... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - Počet stránok 748
...all, and from the ellipsis so common with the Poet, is somewhat obscure. B. V. ACT I. SCENE I. Chor. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! 0 for a muse of fire, &c.] This goes upon the notion of the Peripatetic system, which imagines several... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - Počet stránok 490
...soft silencing your son. § 21. THE LIFE OF HENRY V. SHAK.SPEARE. Prologue. O, FOR a muse of lire, that would ascend, The brightest heaven of invention...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leasht in like hounds, should famine, sword. Crouch for employment. [and fire, Consideration. Consideration... | |
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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... 
