Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war... The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare - Page 367by William Shakespeare - 1824 - 830 pagesFull view - About this book
| J. Philip Newell - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 148 pages
...of Shakespeare's great warrior figures, King Henry V, advises his soldiers: In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility:...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect. (Henry VIII 1 3-9) The warrior is not always... | |
| Waller R. Newell - Social Science - 2009 - 308 pages
...breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility;...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage. To visualize the difference between the sober, self-disciplined courage recommended... | |
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