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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... marked , by a very broad distinction , the assumed from the natural disposition of Hamlet ; and hence arises an ob- scurity which reference to the black - letter history will greatly contribute to remove . It is there , for instance ...
... marked , by a very broad distinction , the assumed from the natural disposition of Hamlet ; and hence arises an ob- scurity which reference to the black - letter history will greatly contribute to remove . It is there , for instance ...
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... marked the conclusion deducible from their actions - " We'll leave a proof by that which we will do , Wives may be merry , and yet honest too . " There is not much humour of the highest order in Doctor Caius : the mirth he occasions is ...
... marked the conclusion deducible from their actions - " We'll leave a proof by that which we will do , Wives may be merry , and yet honest too . " There is not much humour of the highest order in Doctor Caius : the mirth he occasions is ...
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... marked and skilfully contrasted ; and the dialogue abounds in much fine writing and profound re- marks . With what admirable terseness it is said- " The amity , that wisdom knits not , folly may easily untie ! " The succeeding just ...
... marked and skilfully contrasted ; and the dialogue abounds in much fine writing and profound re- marks . With what admirable terseness it is said- " The amity , that wisdom knits not , folly may easily untie ! " The succeeding just ...
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... immeasurable depth of inferiority . The leading features in the characters of Promos and Angelo are the same ; though the * Act V. sc . 1 . progress of their guilt is marked by differing as well 62 MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
... immeasurable depth of inferiority . The leading features in the characters of Promos and Angelo are the same ; though the * Act V. sc . 1 . progress of their guilt is marked by differing as well 62 MEASURE FOR MEASURE .
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... marked by differing as well as accordant circumstances . Apparently men of strict integrity and unimpeachable virtue , in the hour of temptation , unhappily , they fall ; but they fall not without a struggle , nor without remorse : they ...
... marked by differing as well as accordant circumstances . Apparently men of strict integrity and unimpeachable virtue , in the hour of temptation , unhappily , they fall ; but they fall not without a struggle , nor without remorse : they ...
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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.