 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 1154 pages
...conquering Caesar in : , by a lower but by loving likelihood. Were now the general of our gracious empress s eyes will gaze an eagle blind ; A lover's ear will hear the lowest sound. When the s rlow many would the peaceful city quit. To welcome him ! much more, and much more cause, Did they this... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...Even in the presence of the crowned king. SHAKSPEARE. Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword. SHAKSPEARE. Their weapons only Seem'd on our side ; but for their spirits and souls, This word rebellion,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1877 - 252 pages
...beginning of Act V. the following passage occurs : — ' Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! ' This is universally received as an allusion to the expedition of the Earl_of Essex, and o~must... | |
 | Henry Paine Stokes - 1878 - 248 pages
...referred to was penned in the summer of 1599; it is this : "Were now the general of our gracious empress, (As in good time he may,) from Ireland coming, Bringing...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! " — Act v. Prologue, 1. 30 — 34. Camden (Kennet, vol. ii., p. 614) tells us that "about the end... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...Even in the presence of the crowned king. SHAKSPEARE. Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword. SHAKSI'EARE. Their weapons only Seem'd on our side ; but for their spirits and souls, This word rebellion,... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1880 - 120 pages
...the last Act has the following reference to it : — ' Were now the general of our gracious Empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ? ' But Essex incurred disgrace by his failure in the enterprise, and he returned suddenly, and in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 320 pages
...hand, in the Chorus to Act v. we have the following : Were now the general of our gracious Empress — As in good time he may — from Ireland coming, Bringing...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 - 1880 - 622 pages
...to Act v. we have the following : Were now the general of our gracious Empress — As in good lime he may — from Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! in September following. That Chorus, therefore, and probably the others also, was written somewhere... | |
 | Education, Higher - 1883 - 536 pages
...sword Before him through the city." 2. Paraphrase : " Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland coming, Bringing...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him !" W. ho is the general here referred to ? 3. Give the meaning of the following words as used by Shakespeare... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 136 pages
...Caesar in As, by>a lower but by loving b likelihood, Were now * the general of our gracious empress (As, in good time, he may) from Ireland coming, Bringing...on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit 7 To welcome him ! much more (and much more cause) Did they this Harry. Now in London place him ; 1... | |
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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 loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in good time he may, from Ireland... 
