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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare...: Embracing a Life of the Poet ... - Page 150
by William Shakespeare - 1850
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The Completeness of the Late Duke of Wellington as a National Character. Two ...

George Jennings Davies - 1854 - 116 pages
...of what a warrior ought to be in war and peace is, I think, fulfilled in him, in each department. " In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest...tiger — Stiffen the sinews — summon up the blood — Then lend the eye, a terrible aspect, Disguise fair nature with hard favoured rage.'' Henry V....
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Elocution Made Easy, Containing Rules and Selections for Declamation and Reading

Rufus Claggett - 1855 - 208 pages
...the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with the English dead ! In peace, there "s nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness and...terrible aspect ; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like tne brass cannon ! Now, set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide ; Hold hard the breath;...
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Poetry: selected for the use of schools and families by A. Bowman

Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...with their tranquil tone, The spirit, walking in their midst alone. WILLIS. 188 THE BATTLE. ONCE more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ; Let it fly through the portage of the head,...
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The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground

James Fenimore Cooper - 1971 - 436 pages
...ceased. CHAPTER VII In peace there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness and humility; Bui when the blast of war blows in our ears. Then imitate...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard favored rage: I see you stand, like greyhounds in the slips. Straining upon the start. The game's...
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The music, or melody of rhythmus of language

James Chapman - 286 pages
...slave" to keep his state in Rome, As easily as a king. 210 211 17. HENRY V. BEFORE HARFLEUR. ONCE more unto the breach, dear friends ! once more ;— Or...summon up the blood, — Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage : Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ; Let it pry through the portage of the head,...
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Works on Paper, 1980-1986

Eliot Weinberger - 1986 - 204 pages
...decked with tiger images.) Henry the Fifth, in his "Once more unto the breach, dear friends" speech: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then...hard-favored rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect . . . Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit...
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Peace and War: A Collection of Poems

Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - 1989 - 216 pages
...more, And the storm has ceased to blow. Thomas Campbell Henry V at the Siege of Harfleur Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head...
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Liberation of the Actor

Peter Bridgmont - 1992 - 168 pages
...part of the speech rather than 'dead' moments. KING HENRY V, Act III, Scene I KING HENRY. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head...
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The Antique Drums of War

James H. McRandle - 1994 - 236 pages
...book, Shakespeare caught the particulars of these awful moments and described them in poetic language: Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the...terrible aspect: Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as does a galled rock O'erhang and...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, 29 30 Act 3, Sc. 1 Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close...terrible aspect: Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and...
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