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" 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 blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger;... "
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by William Shakespeare - 1824
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The Spy; a Tale of the Neutral Ground: Referring to Some Particular ...

James Fenimore Cooper - 1825 - 342 pages
...combatants, the thundering of the fire-arms, and the rattling tread of the horses had ceased. CHAPTER VI. In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage :— I see you stand, like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...Siege oj Harfteur. ONCE more unto the breach, dear friends, once raw* Or close the wall up with the English dead. In peace there's nothing so becomes...the tiger ; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disjjuise lair nature with hard favour'd rage : Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ; Let it pry o'er...
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Two essays. (Considerations on the alliance between Christianity and ...

Richard Raikes - 1825 - 204 pages
...apparently opposite, may with perfect consistency belong to the same person, our great poet indicates: " In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man As modest...blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tyger," &c. <fec. HENRY V. Acts. Intrepidity, and contempt of danger, will easily become habitual to...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text by G. Steevens ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 602 pages
...Soldiers, with Scaling Ladders. . K. Hen. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or dose the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's...blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage : •i linstock — ] The staff to which the match is fixed when ordnance is fired. Then lend the eye...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2 ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 558 pages
...match ; but it was, strictly speaking, the staff to which the match for firing ordnance was fixed. Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the...terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head1, Like the brass cannon : let the brow o'erwhelm it, As fearfully, as doth a galled rock O'erhang...
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The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the ...

Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...our English dead. 1 In peace, there 's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; 2 But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then...sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage j Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ; Let it pry through the portage of the head...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...them. — This, only, is the witchcraft I have used. HENRY V. BEFORE HARFLETJR. SHAKSPEARE. ONCE more unto the breach, dear friends! once more; Or close...summon up the blood, — Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage: Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 540 pages
...MALONE. i liiatack — ] The staff to whech the match is fixed when ordnance U fired. — JOHNsON. In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest...in our ears, * Then imitate the action of the tiger ;c Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage : Then lend...
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The National Orator;: Consisting of Selections, Adapted for Rhetorical ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1832 - 310 pages
...HIS SOLDIERS BEFORE HARFLEUR. Extract from Shakspeare. King Henry V.— Act 3 — Scene 1. ONCE more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close...'sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage : Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ;* Let it pry through the portage of the head,f...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...bondage. ABUISOX. SPEECHES. 1. — SPEECH OF HENRY V. TO HIS SOLDIEBS 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-favoured rage : Then lend the eye a terrible aspect ; Let it pry through the portage of the head,...
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