 O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...  Select Works - Sivu 370tekijä(t) Edmund Burke - 1892 - 384 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Andrew Becket - 1815 - 748 sivua
...all, and from the ellipsis so common with the Poet, is somewhat obscure. B. V. ACT I. SCENE I. Chor. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! 0 for a muse of fire, &c.] This goes upon the notion of the Peripatetic system, which imagines several... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 sivua
...the most striking images in all Shakespear is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarch* to behold the swelling scene ! Then Aould the warlike... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 378 sivua
...SCENE—at the beginning of the play, lies in England; but aftemards, wholly in France. I Enter CHORUS. V-Jj FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention !' A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Assume the port... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 348 sivua
...intention.] read invention. By invention. I believe the poet means—imagination. STEEVENS. So, in King Henry V: " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend " The brightest heaven of invention.'" MALONE. P. 37. 'Tu set down so in heaven, but not in earth] What you have stated is undoubtedly the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 424 sivua
...Play, lies in England ; but afterwards, "whally in France. • • • • <.' ' • ' Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 sivua
...the most striking images in all Shakspeare is that given of war in the first lines of the Prologue. " O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 478 sivua
...Lords, Ladies, Officers, French and English Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. Enter Chorus. vl, FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a staffe, princes to act, And monarchs to benold the swelling scene! Then should the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 sivua
...STEEVENS. So, in our author's 103d Sonnet: ' a face, 1 That overgoes my blunt invention quite." Again, n K. Henry V. : ' O for a muse of fire, that would ascend ' The brightest heaven of invention ! " MALONE. Steevens says that intention, in this place, means eagerness of desire : — but I believe... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 508 sivua
...SCENE, at the Beginning of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards, wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ' ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold- the swelling scene ! Then should... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 984 sivua
...SCEN E, at the beginning of the Play, lies in England ; but afterwards wholly in France. Enter CHORUS. ; - ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the... | |
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