 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 552 pagina’s
...the most striking images in all Shakespear is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " 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 fore Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had painted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 pagina’s
...Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. Enter Chorus. vl, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a staffe, princes to act, And monarchs to benold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 pagina’s
...read invention. By invention. I believe the poet means—imagination. STEEVENS. So, in King Henry V: " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention.'" MALONE. P. 37. 'Tu set down so in heaven, but not in earth] What you have stated is undoubtedly the... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 348 pagina’s
...against France. The poet wishes for abilities to represent so great an hero : Oh for a Muse of fire! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employments. A conqueror drawn like the god of battle, with such a dreadful leash of hell-hounds at:... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pagina’s
...Scxv*,—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...invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarch« to behold the swelling scene ! Tben should the warlike Harry, like himself, Аяите the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 508 pagina’s
...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...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 Peripatetic... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 498 pagina’s
...France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention l ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs...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 Peripatetic... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 510 pagina’s
...Hostess. Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold2 the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 454 pagina’s
...observed, Shakspeare probably meant Jire, sword, and famine. So, in King Henry V. Chorus to Act I. : " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume...his heels, " Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, saiord, undjire, " Crouch for employment." The same observation is made by Steele, in the Tatler, No.... | |
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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 ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd... 
