Henry the Fifth: A Historical Play, in Five ActsRobert M. De Witt, publisher, 1875 - 63 pages |
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... period of the play . Gentle- men and nobles wore very long full tunics , with flowing sleeves . PROPERTIES . ACT I. , Scene 1. - Throne o . , over which is a rich canopy , upon which is embroidered the royal coat - of - arms ( See ...
... period of the play . Gentle- men and nobles wore very long full tunics , with flowing sleeves . PROPERTIES . ACT I. , Scene 1. - Throne o . , over which is a rich canopy , upon which is embroidered the royal coat - of - arms ( See ...
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... period of the action of the play , had a blue ground charged with three golden Fleurs - de - lis . This display of the royal heraldry of France is known to her- aldic scholars as France modern , in contradistinction to France ancient ...
... period of the action of the play , had a blue ground charged with three golden Fleurs - de - lis . This display of the royal heraldry of France is known to her- aldic scholars as France modern , in contradistinction to France ancient ...
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... period , the crown consisted of a mere circlet of metal , ornamented with strawberry leaves and pearls , as represented on coins and sepulchral monuments . In Henry's reign , this circlet was first arched over , and surmounted by the ...
... period , the crown consisted of a mere circlet of metal , ornamented with strawberry leaves and pearls , as represented on coins and sepulchral monuments . In Henry's reign , this circlet was first arched over , and surmounted by the ...
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... period of its history . He ascended the throne in 1380 , when only thirteen years of age . In 1385 he married Isabella of Bavaria , who was equally remarkable for her beauty and her depravity . The unfortunate king was subject to fits ...
... period of its history . He ascended the throne in 1380 , when only thirteen years of age . In 1385 he married Isabella of Bavaria , who was equally remarkable for her beauty and her depravity . The unfortunate king was subject to fits ...
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... period of the middle ages , grotesquely exaggerated . Five scenes in Switzerland . Time in representation , one hour . 6 SIX MONTHS AGO . A Comedietta in one act , by Felix Dale . Two male and one female characters . A really effective ...
... period of the middle ages , grotesquely exaggerated . Five scenes in Switzerland . Time in representation , one hour . 6 SIX MONTHS AGO . A Comedietta in one act , by Felix Dale . Two male and one female characters . A really effective ...
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A. J. Leavitt ALICE Andrew Halliday armor battle of Agincourt Captain Charles White Comedietta comical Costumes modern crown DAUPH dauphin Dion Boucicault Drama in three drawing room Duke Duke of Burgundy England English Ethiopian Sketch EXETER Exeunt Farce fifteen minutes five acts five female characters Five male Fluellen forty minutes forty-five minutes four Acts four female characters France French GLOSTER glove goot GOWER Harfleur hath herald humor interior James Albery John Maddison Morton John Oxenford Kate KATH KING HENRY liege Lord majesty male and five male and four male and three MONTJOY Negro Sketch ORLEANS pieces require pieces that require PISTOL present day princes representation require one Male require three Male require two Male Scene Scenery SCROOP Seven male Six male characters SOLDIERS stage T. W. Robertson thee Thomas Picton thou three acts three female characters Three male characters Tom Taylor twenty minutes
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Page 27 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height.
Page 44 - And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say To-morrow is Saint Crispian :' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Page 44 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Page 27 - 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...
Page 35 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Page 44 - Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse: We would not die in that man's company^ That fears his fellowship to die with us.
Page 18 - a should not think of God ; I hoped there was no need to trouble himself with any such thoughts yet: So, 'a bade me lay more clothes on his feet : I put my hand into the bed, and felt them, and they were as cold as any stone ; then I felt to his knees, and so upward, and upward, and all was as cold as any stone.
Page 44 - By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive.
Page 55 - Like to the senators of the 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 Ireland coming, Bringing rebellion broached on his sword, How many would the peaceful city quit, To welcome him ? much more, and much more cause, Did they this Harry.
Page 40 - But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make; when all those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in a battle, shall join together at the latter day, and cry all, "We died at such a place...