This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make... A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Sida 164efter Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 715 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 sidor
...But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. (1) This England neeer did, nor neeer shall. Lie at theproudfoot of a conqueror : — This... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 498 sidor
...tears. Batl. 0, let us pay the time but needful wq Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs.— This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three comers of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 388 sidor
...allusions it contains to the state of the times, was evidently 'Written at the epoch of the Armada : " This England never did nor never shall Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now those her princes are come home again — Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
| William Shakespeare, Mary Cowden Clarke - 1848 - 160 sidor
...quiet breast. There is no sure foundation set on blood, No certain life achiev'd by others' death. This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. The more fair and crystal is the sky, The uglier seem the clouds that in it fly. That which in mean... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1849 - 952 sidor
...But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three hings I speak, arc just Fal. Away, Bardolph ; saddle...Master Robert Shallow, choose what offke thou wilt i [Exeunt. SCENE VII. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD II. PERSONS REPRESENTED. KllTG RlCHARD TBX EDMUND... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 398 sidor
...But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. And it certainly seems that Shakspeare's historic dramas produced a very deep effect on the minds of... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 sidor
...the dignity and worth of his native land he has confided to the Bastard to embody in words : — ' This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself.' land generally. They are for the elevation of the views of a state— of a people. Happy for England... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 482 sidor
...the dignity and worth of his native land he has confided to the Bastard to embody in words : — 1 This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself.' But Shakspeare is immeasurably more than Falconbridge, and he would have the reader and the spectator... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 576 sidor
...tears. Bast. O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with tmr griefs.1 — This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 606 sidor
...But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them....make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. 1 " As previously we have found sufficient cause for lamentation, let us not waste the time... | |
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