On, on, you noblest English, Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof! Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn till even fought, And sheathed their swords for lack of argument: Dishonour not your mothers; now attest That... The Teacher - Page 3331872Full view - About this book
| George Lansing Raymond - 1879 - 350 pages
...fetched from fathers of WARPROOF ! FATHERS, | that, like so many | ALEXANDERS, Have, | in these parts, | from morn till even \ fought, And sheathed their swords for lack of argument. I see you stand | like greyhounds in the slips, | ( Straining upon the start. The game's AFOOT; | Follow... | |
| New Shakspere Society (Great Britain) - 1880 - 306 pages
...blood is fet from fathers of war-proof ! Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn till even fought And sheathed their swords for lack of argument : * * * * Be copy now to men of grosser blood, And teach them how to war." The yeomen are stirred up... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...blood is fet from fathers of war-proof ! Fathers, that, like so many Alexanders, Have, in these parts, Dishonor not your mothers ; now attest, That those whom you called fathers, did beget you! Be copy... | |
| John Bartlett - 1881 - 1048 pages
...jest forever . i Henry IV. ii. 2. Our argument Is all too heavy to admit much talk 2 Henry IV. v. 2. ii. i. What is the night ? Almost at odds with morning, which is which Ma . . Henry V. iii. i. With lies well steeled with weighty arguments Richard III. \. i. I cannot fight... | |
| 1881 - 720 pages
...blood is fetched from fathers of war proof, Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these feats from morn till even fought, And sheathed their swords for lack of argument. This of course alludes to the men of high family, with whom it was the courtly belief, even as lately... | |
| H. Mortimer Franklyn - 1881 - 830 pages
...they were — " From fathers of war proof, Fathers that, like so many Alexanders, Have in these parts from morn till even fought, And sheathed their swords for lack of argument." The patriotic spirit is still alive in Warwickshire; the vicar of a parish near Stratford, a short... | |
| Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 498 pages
...blood is fet from fathers of war-proof, Fathers, that, like so many Alexanders, Have, in these parts, from morn till even fought, And sheathed their swords for lack of argument. Dishonor not your mothers : now attest, That those, whom you called fathers did beget you : Be copy... | |
| Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1881 - 200 pages
...of war-proof !HENRY V. BEFORE HARFI.EUR. Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,2 Have in these parts from morn till even fought And sheathed their swords for lack of argument ! Dishonour not your mothers ; now 'attest That those whom you called fathers did beget you. Be 'copy... | |
| John Bartlett - 1881 - 1054 pages
...jest forever . i Henry IV. ii. 2. OUT argument Is all too heavy to admit much talk a Henry IV. v. 2. odel o ,o, . . Henry V. iji. i. With lies well steeled with Weighty arguments Richard III, ii I caimot fight upon... | |
| Charles John Plumptre - 1881 - 524 pages
...is fetched from fathers of war-proof; Fathers, that, like so many Alexanders, Have, in these parts, from morn till even fought, And sheathed their swords for lack of argument ! I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's a-foot ; Follow... | |
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