 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
 | 1908 - 554 psl.
...sooth. King Alfred travelled for several years in Ireland and wrote this on his departure. ENGLAND This precious stone set in the silver sea. This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. William Shakespeare. A ripple of land; such little hills the sky Can stoop to tenderly,... | |
 | Henry Watson Fowler, Francis George Fowler - 1908 - 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.... | |
 | William Crary Brownell - 1909 - 572 psl.
...virtue of it she stands shoulder to shoulder with her English sister in her most inspired moments. Shakespeare's "This precious stone set in the silver sea, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England — " fa no better than some of the lines — some entire strophes even — of the "Commemoration... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1909 - 404 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 II, Act ii, sc. i.) A particular type is the epic simile, elaborated in a consciously... | |
 | William Morison - 1909 - 172 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. This land of such dear souls, this dear,... | |
 | Thomas George Tucker, Sir Walter Murdoch - 1909 - 252 psl.
...patriotism, the same which is shown in Shakespeare's 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. Meanwhile, on the other hand, we often find in these writers the defects of their qualities.... | |
 | Women's Rest Tour Association (Boston, Mass.) - 1909 - 116 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 II. " Bring us where we may rest ourselves." — As you Like It. THE Women's... | |
 | EDWIN WATTS CHUBB - 1910 - 426 psl.
...England's national glory: This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself, 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, Dear for her reputation through the... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - 1910 - 442 psl.
...England's national glory: This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself, 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, Dear for her reputation through the... | |
 | Burns Club of St. Louis - 1913 - 116 psl.
...such patriotism as burns in old Gaunt's dying words : 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 land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land . . . England, bound in with... | |
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