The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His Dramatic Plots and Characters; and Essays on the Ancient Theatres and Theatrical Usages, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 |
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... hence arises an ob- scurity which reference to the black - letter history will greatly contribute to remove . It is there , for instance , explained that Hamlet was induced to put " an antick disposition on , " as HAMLET . 9.
... hence arises an ob- scurity which reference to the black - letter history will greatly contribute to remove . It is there , for instance , explained that Hamlet was induced to put " an antick disposition on , " as HAMLET . 9.
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... instance of Shakspeare's notice of this superstition occurred in A Midsum- mer Night's Dream , but in mentioning it in this play , in connection with another piece of popu- lar credulity , the poet has shown himself more attentive to ...
... instance of Shakspeare's notice of this superstition occurred in A Midsum- mer Night's Dream , but in mentioning it in this play , in connection with another piece of popu- lar credulity , the poet has shown himself more attentive to ...
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... instance . Six times the royal semblance appeared , but till then was withheld from speaking . For this event we waited with impatient curiosity , unaccompanied by lassitude or remitted attention . 35 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR . 1601 ...
... instance . Six times the royal semblance appeared , but till then was withheld from speaking . For this event we waited with impatient curiosity , unaccompanied by lassitude or remitted attention . 35 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR . 1601 ...
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... instance , resigned her to the dominion of one tender feeling , renders her willingly susceptible of a second , when separated from the original object of her passion . Shak- speare's representation of Cressida is one con- sistent ...
... instance , resigned her to the dominion of one tender feeling , renders her willingly susceptible of a second , when separated from the original object of her passion . Shak- speare's representation of Cressida is one con- sistent ...
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... instance , it is believed , singular in the history of our author's dramatic works . But the story had in all probability previously appeared on the stage , as two sums of money were advanced by the manager Henslow to Decker and Chettle ...
... instance , it is believed , singular in the history of our author's dramatic works . But the story had in all probability previously appeared on the stage , as two sums of money were advanced by the manager Henslow to Decker and Chettle ...
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Page 25 - My father's spirit in arms ! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would, the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Page 152 - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down ; and, as they say, Lamentings heard i...
Page 32 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 24 - What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness...
Page 310 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page 106 - Kent. Alas, sir, are you here? Things that love night Love not such nights as these; the wrathful skies Gallow the very wanderers of the dark, And make them keep their caves; since I was man, Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder, Such groans of roaring wind and rain I never Remember to have heard: man's nature cannot carry Th
Page 47 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 152 - Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
Page 230 - I found you as a morsel cold upon Dead Caesar's trencher. Nay, you were a fragment Of Cneius Pompey's...
Page 180 - For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.