The Works of William Shakespeare Volume 7-8; The Plays Edited from the Folio of MDCXXIII, with Various Readings from All the Editions and All the ... of the Text, an Account of the Rise and Progr baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ... ACT III. Enter Chorus. Cborus. THUS with imagin'd wing our swift scene flies, In motion of no less celerity Than that of thought. Suppose that you have seen The well-appointed King at Hampton pier Embark his royalty; and his brave fleet With silken streamers the young Phoebus fanning: Play with your fancies, and in them behold, Upon the hempen tackle ship-boys climbing; Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confus'd: behold the threaden sails, Borne with th' invisible and creeping wind, Draw the huge bottoms through the furrowed sea, Breasting the lofty surge. O, do but think You stand upon the rivage, and behold A city on th' inconstant billows dancing; For so appears this fleet majestical, Holding due course to Harfleur. Follow, follow! Grapple your minds to sternage of this navy; And leave your England, as dead midnight still, Guarded with grandsires, babies, and old women, Either past, or not arriv'd to, pith and puissance: For who is he, whose chin is but enrich'd With one appearing hair, that will not follow These cull'd and choice-drawn cavaliers to France? Work, work your thoughts, and therein see a siege: Behold the ordnance on their carriages, With fatal mouths gaping on girded Harfleur. Suppose th' ambassador from the French comes back; Tells Harry that the King doth offer him Katharine his daughter; and with her, to dowry, Some petty and unprofitable dukedoms. The offer likes not: and the nimble gunner With linstock now the devilish cannon touches, [Alarum; and chambers go off within. And down goes all befere them. Still be kind, And eke out our performance with your mind. [Exit. Scene 1. France. Before Harfleur. Alarums. Enter King Henhy, Exetes, Bedford, Glo8tek, and Soldiers, with scaling ladders. K. Hen. Once more unto the...