 | Henry Twells - 1864 - 318 pages
...brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swell'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth,...like so many Alexanders, Have, in these parts, from morn till even fought, And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument. Dishonour not your mothers ;... | |
 | Derek Traversi - Literary Criticism - 1957 - 214 pages
...the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild...breath and bend up every spirit To his full height. (HI. i) The spirit of much of this could no doubt be described in terms of the early Shakespeare somewhat... | |
 | Harold C. Goddard - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 410 pages
...the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild...breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height! What this boils down to is the doctrine that in peace the manly virtues are all right but that in war... | |
 | James Chapman - 286 pages
...Like the brass cannon ; — let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild...Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To its full height ! — Now, on, you noble English, Whose blood is set from fathers of war-proof ! Fathers... | |
 | Mary Maxwell - Philosophy - 1984 - 394 pages
...the tiger. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood . . . Then lend the eye a terrible aspect . . . Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide, Hold...spirit To his full height! On, on, you noblest English. It must also be noted that the 'beast of war' and the trumpet sound do not always have to imply a threat... | |
 | Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - Poetry - 1989 - 216 pages
...the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild...height! On, on you noblest English! Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof; Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base. Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth...breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height. (Ill, i) 57 From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night. The hum of either army stilly sounds,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth...bend up every spirit To his full height! On, on, you noble English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof, Fathers that like so many Alexanders Have... | |
 | Carlo D'Este - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 1028 pages
...imitate the action of a tiger Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood Then lend the eye a terrible aspect Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide Hold...spirit To his full height! On, On you noblest English! It was years before I found out ... that it was from Act III of Shakespeare's Henry V, but my sister... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...the head Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm k As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang noble English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof ! — Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,... | |
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Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a 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 jutty his confounded base, Swill'd... 
