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It is in Henry V. that Shakespeare fashioned for us the true epic of…
Quote byCharles Whibley · 1859–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Political Portraits (1917), 'Shakespeare, Patriot and Tory', p. 32.
English (original)
It is in Henry V. that Shakespeare fashioned for us the true epic of England. The dramatic form sits very loosely upon it. It is epic in shape as in spirit. Splendid in eloquence, swift in narrative, it is a pæan sung in our country's praise. Its noble lines sound in our ears like a trumpet-call, and it has lost not a jot of its force and energy by the passage of three hundred years.
— Charles Whibley
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