 | London and Middlesex Archaeological Society - 1860 - 520 pages
...foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. * King Richard II. Act II. scene 1. Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true!* This, I am aware, is a digression; but you have already accorded to me your forgiveness of it. We will... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 878 pages
...her responsibilities, to the great virtues ; that she will be at once courageous and magnanimous — Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. Faulconbridge's patriotism is a vivacious spur to good endeavour in every relation of life. Henry V.... | |
 | William Henry G. Kingston - 1860 - 490 pages
...with equal good-will. Oh, may English boys never forget those lines of our immortal poet : — ' ' Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue If England to itself do rest but true. " — King John. " After all, I am sure there is no place like the country, and no country like England,"... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. Shaltptare. i ENGLAND— Lanes of. They passed, then, from the high road into a long succession of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 544 pages
...a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD II. PERSONS REPRESENTED. KING RICHARD THE SECOND. EDMUND... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 434 pages
...a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. NOTES TO KING JOHN. ACT I. 1 Arthur Plantagcnet lays most lawful claim To this fair island. The reign... | |
 | Charles Cowden Clarke - 1863 - 548 pages
...perfectioning of his own character is wound to a climax in the closing words of the play :— " This England never did, nor never shall Lie at the proud...corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Naught shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true." Was I not correct in saying that... | |
 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...she. ENGLAND. — This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, Bnt when it first did help to wound itself. — Come the...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. SHAESPERE. — King John, Act V. Scene 7. (The Bastard.) England is safe, if true within itself. SHAESPERE.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1863 - 166 pages
...a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. KING EICHAED THE SECOND, PERSONS REPRESENTED. KING RICHABD THE SECOND. MOWBRAY, Duke of Norfolk.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1864 - 486 pages
...a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. 1. It. 2. That. 3. Ac«. 4. Shoes, K. 5. Lewis. 6. Anglers. 7. Comfort. 8. Roam. 9. Near.... | |
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This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall... 
