 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...  Littell's Living Age - Page 4001849Full view - About this book
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 pages
...inflection is here given to neck, for the sake of melody, as being at the end of the penultimate clause. But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger, • Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-fa vour'djage ; Then lend... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1835 - 84 pages
...convulsion of the social system. It has been said, by a great master of human nature — " In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility ; But when the blast of war blows in your ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger." Too faithfully did the People of France, and the... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...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...in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger : Stiffen the sinews—summon up the blood— Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage : Then lend... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...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...in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger : Stiffen the sinews, — summon up the blood, — Disguise fair nature with hard-favored rage ; Then... | |
 | Glenn Watkins - 2002 - 628 pages
...long parade of post- Armistice pieces of remembrance. 4 The Symphony of the Front In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility;...in our ears Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage; Then lend the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 pages
...dose the wall up with our English dead! groans, KING HENRY THE FIFTH III. II. 18-69 In peace there's 2 Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage: Then lend the... | |
 | Geoff Reilly, Wendy Wren - 2002 - 164 pages
...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;...in our ears. Then imitate the action of the tiger: Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the... | |
 | D. H. Lawrence - 2002 - 408 pages
...art. See also note on 58:3, above. 121:23 the Shakspearean advice ... tiger." From Henry V, mi 5-9: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger; Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the... | |
 | Douglas Brode - 2003 - 340 pages
...Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Playboy Productions. 1 INTRODUCTION: THE NAME OF ACTION In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness and...ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger. —Henry V (by William Shakespeare) In John McTiernan's The Last Action Hero (1993), a well-meaning high school... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 2003 - 434 pages
...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,...in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger. Stiffen the sinews, conjure up the blood, Disguise fair nature with hard-favoured rage. Then lend the... | |
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