 This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea. . . . This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth.  Appletons' Journal - 311 psl.1879Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | 1917 - 714 psl.
...Take Shakespeare's famous apostrophe to England : This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea . . . This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. Or Browning's ' Home-Thoughts, from the Sea ' : Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the north-west died... | |
 | Women's Rest Tour Association (Boston, Mass.) - 1900 - 104 psl.
...for herself, Against infection and the hand of war; This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. —Richard L2, A SUMMER IN ENGLAND. " Bring us where we may rest ourselves." — As You... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1901 - 532 psl.
...Merchant of Venice. Compare "... Sur nous, tout on dormant, La nature a demi veille amoureusement " — with ' ' Sit, Jessica ; look how the floor of heaven...an inspiring but also a trying theme for a poet, by Shakspeare and Wordsworth on the one hand, and by M. Victor Hugo on the other. Compare Shakspeare's... | |
 | Eduard Engel - 1902 - 516 psl.
...John of Gaunt. They express love of country in its most exalted form : — This scepter'd isle, This precious stone set in the silver sea, — This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England — This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, — England bound in with the triumphant... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1904 - 472 psl.
...Merchant of Venice. Compare with Sur nous, tout en dormant, La nature a demi veille amoureusement — Sit, Jessica ; look how the floor of heaven Is thick...an inspiring but also a trying theme for a poet, by Shakspeare and Wordsworth on the one hand, and by M. Victor Hugo on the other. Compare Shakspeare's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1904 - 236 psl.
...for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their... | |
 | 1904 - 378 psl.
...rounded nationalism born of industrial freedom. I have often thought that when Shakespeare spoke of "this precious stone set in the silver sea, this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England," there passed before his eye not only a vision of armed and warlike England girt by fearless... | |
 | Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler - 1906 - 392 psl.
.... This fortress built by Nature for herself . . . This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, . . . This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, . . . 3. Metaphor within metaphor is dangerous.... | |
 | George Morley (of Leamington, Eng.) - 1908 - 218 psl.
...this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-Paradise ; This happy breed of men, this little world ; This precious stone set in the silver sea ; This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.' Richard II. (Act II. Scene i.) RIGHT in the heart of 'Merrie England,' away from the... | |
 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll, Thomas Seccombe - 1907 - 454 psl.
...get the full symphonic utterance of the new master: This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set In the silver sea, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous for their... | |
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