 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
 | David Aers - History - 1992 - 230 pages
...Chorus says at the outset that if the company really had the impossible national stage he imagines Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...like hounds, should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment. At first, that looks as if it is saying that with a kingdom for a stage there would be... | |
 | Kristin Linklater - Drama - 1992 - 236 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...like hounds, should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold... | |
 | Wolfgang Iser - Drama - 1993 - 254 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 spirits that hath dar'd On this unworthy scaffold... | |
 | Terrence McNally - Drama - 1994 - 108 pages
...Especially this time of almost-morning, not-quite-dawn. We couldn't sleep. KATHARINE. We just got in. MAN. 'Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire Crouch for employment." KATHARINE. Very good... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 884 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, Leashed in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire I .nratimt.i The action takes place in England... | |
 | Russ McDonald - Drama - 1994 - 324 pages
...stress his incredulity. And if we remember the Prologue's heraldic image of "the warlike Harry" at whose heels, "Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire / Crouch for employment" (Pr. 6-8), the "cur" in the nonce word "currance" strains forward to touch up the ferocity... | |
 | James Weldon Johnson - African Americans - 1995 - 330 pages
...heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, Prince to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...like hounds, should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment. Such passages could be multiplied indefinitely, each rivalling the others in beauty, but... | |
 | Paul Nimmo - Drama - 1996 - 72 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 (Leashed in, like hounds) should famine, sword and fire Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...of invention, — A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! e 3 Leasht-in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all,... | |
 | Frank Whigham - Drama - 1996 - 324 pages
...said to achieve fullness of identity by approximating an ideal version of himself. See, for instance, "Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, / Assume the port of Mars" (Henry V Prologue 5-6). For other examples (including negative ones), see Hereward T. Price, "Like... | |
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