Quotation from Richard II by William Shakespeare

The opening of Gaunt's dying praise of England, a single long sentence whose climax is not celebration but the charge that the land is now leased out like a farm.

Citation: "This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise" — William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act 2, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1512 (modernised spelling)). (id richard-ii-q4)

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