 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 384 psl.
...Toilet has elsewhere observed, Shakspeare probably meant fire, rword, zn&famine. So, in King Honry V: " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume the port of Mars: and, at his heels, " I,eas!fd'm like hounds. siiou\d famine, s'ix)rd, andjfre:, " Crouch for employment," Ma'onc. That... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 psl.
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.2 But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 428 psl.
...Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. . KING HENRY V. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest...should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The flat unraised spirit, that hath dar'd, On this unworthy scaffold, to bring... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 psl.
...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 heaven of invention I A kingdom for a stage, princes to act. And monarchs to behold the swellmg scene ! Then should the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 psl.
...Attendants. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest' heaven of invention!' i A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold 1 the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, • '.. Assume the port of Mars... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 454 psl.
...emptiness and narrowness of the last act, which a very little diligence might have easily avoided. JOHNSON O. FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend •• The...stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelljpg scene ! Then should the warlike Harry , HKe himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 372 psl.
...read invention. By invention, I believe the poet means — imagination. STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. 'Tit set down so in heaven, but not in earth'] What you have stated is undoubtedly... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 380 psl.
...read invention. By invention, I Relieve the poet means — imagination. " STE. So, in King Henry V : " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention .'" MAL. P. 31. '77* set down to in heaven, but not in earth] What you •have slated is undoubtedly... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1812 - 480 psl.
...falling tears;+ Ere I consent to teach my lips injustice, Or wrong the orphan who has none to save him. * At his heels Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch fur employment. Heary VA t. Chorus. Death and destruction dog thee at the heels. Richard III. A. iv.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 446 psl.
...has elsewhere observed, Shakspeare probably meant fire, sword, and famine. So, in King Henry V : " Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, " Assume...Mars; and, at his heels, " Leash'd in like hounds, should^mzVze, sword, saAJire, " Crouch for employment." The same observation is made by Steele, in... | |
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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... 
