Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysH. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1966 - 287 pages |
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William Hazlitt. tragic : it stands on an equal elevation , and possesses equal extent and profundity . All that I before wished was , not to admit that the former preponderated . He is highly inventive in comic situations and motives ...
William Hazlitt. tragic : it stands on an equal elevation , and possesses equal extent and profundity . All that I before wished was , not to admit that the former preponderated . He is highly inventive in comic situations and motives ...
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... equal to the greatest things , he was not above an attention to the smallest . Thus the gallant sportsmen in Cymbeline have to encounter the abrupt declivities of hill and valley : Touchstone and Audrey jog along a level path . The deer ...
... equal to the greatest things , he was not above an attention to the smallest . Thus the gallant sportsmen in Cymbeline have to encounter the abrupt declivities of hill and valley : Touchstone and Audrey jog along a level path . The deer ...
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... equal fancy and imagery . Shall we mention the remonstrance of Helena to Hermia , or Titania's description of her fairy train , or her disputes with Oberon about the Indian boy , or Puck's account of himself and his employments , or the ...
... equal fancy and imagery . Shall we mention the remonstrance of Helena to Hermia , or Titania's description of her fairy train , or her disputes with Oberon about the Indian boy , or Puck's account of himself and his employments , or the ...
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THE TEMPEST | 89 |
THE MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM | 95 |
ROMEO AND Juliet | 105 |
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