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" Neptune, is now bound in with shame, With inky blots and rotten parchment bonds : That England, that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself. "
King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part I-II - Page 140
by William Shakespeare - 1773
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Shakespeare's Metrical Art

George T. Wright - 1988 - 366 pages
...Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son; This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land. Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now...pronouncing it — Like to a tenement or pelting farm (Kuturdn. 2.1.40-60) But the syntax gradually becomes more flexible and sinuous, and sentences flow...
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An Audition Handbook of Great Speeches

Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...plot, this earth, this realm, this England, ... This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now...pelting farm. England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of wat'ry Neptune, is now bound in with shame,...
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Studies in Shakespeare, Bibliography, and Theatre

James G. McManaway - 1990 - 442 pages
...dear Souls, this dear-dear Land, Dear for her Reputation through the World, Is now leas'd out, (I dye pronouncing it) Like to a Tenement, or pelting Farm. England, bound in with the triumphant Sea, Whose rocky Shore beats back the envious Siege Of watery Neptune, is bound in with Shame, With...
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Staging Politics: The Lasting Impact of Shakespeare's Histories

Wolfgang Iser - 1993 - 254 pages
...such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leas'd out—I die pronouncing it— Like to a tenement or pelting farm. England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of wat'ry Neptune, is now bound in with shame,...
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Channel Tunnel Visions, 1850-1945

Keith Wilson - 1994 - 276 pages
...Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son; This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now...pelting farm: England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,...
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Acts of Hope: Creating Authority in Literature, Law, and Politics

James Boyd White - 1994 - 348 pages
...such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leas'd out—I die pronouncing it— Like to a tenement or pelting farm. England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of wat'ry Neptune, is now bound in with shame,...
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Selected Poems

William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pages
...land of such dear souls, this dear dear land Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out (I die pronouncing it) Like to a tenement or pelting farm. England, bound in with the triumphant sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of wat'ry Neptune, is now bound in with shame,...
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Law and Literature: Possibilities and Perspectives

Ian Ward - 1995 - 290 pages
...ambitions, so that now This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation throughout the world, Is now leas'd out - I die pronouncing it Like to a tenement or pelting farm That England that was wont to conquer others, Hath made a shameful conquest of itself.'97 No one appreciates...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pages
...dear souls, this dear dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world, Is now leased out — 1 Yet so my fancy sea, Whose rocky shore beats back the envious siege Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with shame,...
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The Later Tudors: England, 1547-1603

Penry Williams - 1998 - 650 pages
...this little world. This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Is now leas'd out — I die pronouncing it — Like to a tenement or pelting farm. Gaunt expresses, not pride, but shame that England Hath made a shameful conquest of itself Amidst whispers...
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