 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...  The Tatler - Page 123by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1804 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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, Leasht in like hounds, should famine, sword. Crouch for employment. [and fire, Consideration. Consideration... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarch* to behold the swelling scene ! Then Aould the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars, and at hit heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment." Rubens, if... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 pages
...heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a staffe, princes to act, And monarchs to benold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire. Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 pages
...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...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...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...at his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, mord, and Jirt Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted it, would not have improved upon this... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...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...at his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sivord, and Jirt Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted it, would not have improved upon... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...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 in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fore Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...And monarch« to behold the swelling scene ! Tben should the warlike Harry, like himself, Аяите the port of Mars; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that nath dor'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 498 pages
...invention l ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold * the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment 3. But pardon, gentles all, 1 O, for a muse of fire, &c.] This goes upon the notion of the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pages
...observed, Shakspeare probably meant fire, sword, nndjamine. So, in King Henry V. Chorus to Act I.: " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume...heels, " Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, &ndjtre, " Crouch for employment." The sams observation is made by Steele, in the Taller, No. 137.... | |
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