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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... "
Henry IV, pt. 2. Henry V. Henry VI, pts. 1-3 - Page 117
by William Shakespeare - 1836
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 446 pages
...Attendants. The SCENE in England, and in France. KING HENRY V. CHORUS. Enter CHORUS, as Prologue.1 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 fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 508 pages
...France. Enter Chorus. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! Л kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Lcash'd in, like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspere, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 1000 pages
...Attendants. The SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France. er, ifeverlsaidloose-bodiedgowit, himseli, Assume the port of Mars; and. at his heels, Leusli'd in like hounds, should famine, sword,...
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The Works of Shakespeare: the Text Carefully Restored According to the First ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 602 pages
...Attendants. SCENE, at the beginning of the Play, in England ; afterwards, in France. KING HENRY Y. Enter CHORUS. O, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles...
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 754 pages
...England, and in France. 1 Rowe first gave a list of the characters. CHORUS. Enter CHORUS ', as 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 l1ke hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1859 - 784 pages
...Action at the beginning take* place in ENGLAND, but afterwardt, wholly in FRAHCE. Boy. nter CHOIIUS.* 0, 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 fire, Cronch for employment. But pardon, gentles...
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Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth

William Hazlitt - English drama - 1859 - 494 pages
...most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " 0 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, suxtrd, and fire, Crouch for employment." Rubens, if he had...
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The plays (poems) of Shakespeare, ed. by H. Staunton ..., Part 169, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1859 - 790 pages
...at the beginning faJcet place in ENGLAND, 6iri afterwards, wholly in FRANCE. Boy. Enter CHORUS.* 0, 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 Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, The...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Plays Ed. from the Folio of ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - Andronicus, Titus (Legendary character) - 1859 - 478 pages
...LIFE OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH. ACT I. Enter Chorus. CHORUS. OFOR a Muse of fire, that would ascend 5 The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for...himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should Famine, Sword, and Fire, Crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles...
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Pearls of Shakespeare: A Collection of the Most Brilliant Passages Found in ...

William Shakespeare - 1860 - 182 pages
...poorest vassal is, That doth with awe and terror kneel to it. KING HENRY V. INVOCATION TO THE MUSE. 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 fire Crouch for employment. CONSIDERATION. Consideration...
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