 | William Shakespeare - 1898 - 512 pagine
...the chorus to the Fifth Act of his Henry V. a prophetic picture of their victorious return : — ' Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! ' The play was produced in the spring of that year, but its prophecy went unfulfilled. Essex failed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1899 - 434 pagine
...pour out her citizens ! The mayor, and all his brethren, in best sort, — Like to the senators of the antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their...likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress [coming, (As, in good time, he may) from Ireland Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - 1900 - 270 pagine
...reception byijT^p^lilfL-Cvf London wh^n- he shOutd Lu1neJ1um^ajJ^'^roacri'r1g ' jp>»>llinn in Trplpnrl Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! (Act v. Chorus, 11. 30-4.) Essex had set out on his disastrous mission as the wouldbe pacificator... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 396 pagine
...empress," who left London on March 27 of this year for Ireland to suppress Tyrone's rebellion : — " Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " Essex returned on September 28, and was put on his trial for neglect of duty, and imprisoned. At... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 546 pagine
...empress," who left London on March 27 of this year for Ireland to suppress Tyrone's rebellion : — " Were now the general of our gracious empress. As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " Essex returned on September 28, and was put on his trial for neglect of duty, and imprisoned. At... | |
 | Israel Gollancz, Walter Bagehot - 1901 - 242 pagine
...empress," who left London on March 27 of this year for Ireland to suppress Tyrone's rebellion:— " Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him! " Essex returned on September 28, and was put on his trial for neglect of duty, and imprisoned. At... | |
 | Thomas Ebenezer Webb - 1902 - 350 pagine
...victor of Agincourt, anticipates a return equally triumphant for the Earl : — As, by a lower but loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious...many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ! This would seem fatal to every pretence for considering Bacon to be Shakespeare ; for, when writing... | |
 | Arthur Acheson - 1903 - 382 pagine
...of Essex' expected return from the Irish wars, in the following passage in the Chorus to Act V. : " Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " Now in the Epilogue to Henry IV. Part II. we have an allusion to some play of Shakespeare's that... | |
 | 1903 - 388 pagine
...of Essex' expected return from the Irish wars, in the following passage in the Chorus to Act V. : " Were now the general of our gracious empress, As in...How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome him ! " Now in the Epilogue to Henry IV. Part II. we have an allusion to some play of Shakespeare's that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1904 - 352 pagine
...the Horse, undoubtedly gave zest to the performances and point to the allusion in Act V. (Chorus), "Were now the general of our gracious empress, As...sword, How many would the peaceful city quit To welcome himl" Unfortunately, the mission of Essex as pacificator of Ireland utterly failed, and, in 1601, when... | |
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Like to the senators of th' antique Rome, With the plebeians swarming at their heels, Go forth, and fetch their conquering Caesar in : As, by a lower but by loving likelihood, Were now the general of our gracious empress (As in good time he may) from... 
