 | 1913 - Počet stránok 126
...and doubtless the "wooden O" of the new theatre resounded with applause in response to the words : "Were now the general of our gracious empress (As,...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him !" 60 year before and had consoled himself as best he could by "going to plays every day," was with... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - 1916 - Počet stránok 822
...the people of \^n{^n of London when he should return after 'broach- 1601. ing' rebellion in Ireland. Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit To weleome him ! (Act v. Chorus, ll. 30-4.) But Shakespeare's prognostication was woefully belied. Essex's... | |
 | New York Public Library - 1917 - Počet stránok 320
...reference to the Earl of Essex which is one of the few references Shakespeare made to his contemporaries. "Were now the general of our gracious Empress, As...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him!" The first edition of Shakespeare's "Henry V" appeared in 1600 and it was reprinted twice before the... | |
 | Maurice Jonas - 1918 - Počet stránok 460
...The Mayor and all his brethren in best sort Like the senators of the antique Rome. With the plebians swarming at their heels, Go forth and fetch their...gracious empress, As in good time he may from Ireland come, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him... | |
 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - 1918 - Počet stránok 332
...rate completed, in 1599, as appears from this passage in the Prologue to Act V : " As, by a lesser but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " In these lines there is admittedly a clear reference to the expedition of the Earl of Essex to... | |
 | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - 1918 - Počet stránok 320
...as appears from this passage in the Prologue to Act V : " As, by a lesser but loving likelihood, 133 Were now the general of our gracious Empress As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " In these lines there is admittedly a clear reference to the expedition of the Earl of Essex to... | |
 | George Wyndham - 1919 - Počet stránok 502
...the chorus to the Fifth Act of his Henry V. a prophetic picture of their victorious return : — ' Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! ' The play was produced in the spring of that year, but its prophecy went unfulfilled. Essex failed... | |
 | William Teignmouth Shore - 1920 - Počet stránok 202
...and James by "The Globe" players. Shakespeare indulged in the dangerous practice of prophecy : — Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! This allusion to Essex was dragged in by the neck. Essex came back, discredited, to become himself... | |
 | Basil Brown - 1921 - Počet stránok 398
...their heels. Go forth and fetch their conquering Caesar in: As, by a lower but loving likelihood, 5 Were now the general of our gracious Empress (As in...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him!" . Little did Shakespeare dream that Essex would one day put the city to that test wherein he found... | |
 | Frank James Mathew - 1922 - Počet stránok 462
...Poem of Conquest. One clue to the date of King Henry the Fifth is in the Prologue to the fifth Act : Were now the general of our gracious Empress, As in...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! Though there was constant fighting in Ireland it seems safe to conclude that this general was Essex,... | |
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Like to the senators of th' 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) from... 
