 This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make...  A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets - Page 164by Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 715 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 508 pages
...Bast. O ! let us pay the time but needful woe , Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did , nor never shall , Lie at...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these, her princes, are come home again , Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...tears. Bast. О let us pay the time hut needful woe, Since it hath heen heforehand with our griefs. — This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 pages
...tears. Bast. O, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs 0 \ ߶ 4 Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...fair-play orders, and make compromise, Insinuation, parley, and base truce, To arms invasive 1 " " This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her'princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | Literature - 1915 - 862 pages
...(King John, Act v. sc. vil.), with special reference to the last line, as bearing on the present War : This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror. But when it first did help to wound itself. 5. Describe and comment on any recent cartoon in Punch. 6. Among our national pleasures arc foothall... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Great Britain - 1845 - 512 pages
...evidently written at the epoch of the Armada : 1 Mademoiselle Keralio's Life of Queen Elizabeth, " This England never did, nor never shall Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now those her princes are come home again — Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 582 pages
...idea of the whole piece seems to be conveyed in its closing lines, delivered by Fauleonbridge : — " This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these, her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Charles John Kean - Promptbooks - 1846 - 76 pages
...Faulc. Oh ! let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these, her princes, are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | Hermann Ulrici - 1846 - 588 pages
...idea of the whole piece seems to be conveyed in its closing lines, delivered by Faulconbridge:— " This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these, her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 506 pages
...tears. Bast. 0, let us pay the time but needful woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at...conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, * At Worcester mutt hit body be interr'd ;] A stone coffin,... | |
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