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Page xxxvi
His tragedy seems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct . ' Yet after saying that his tragedy was skill , he affirms in the next page , ' His declamations or set speeches are commonly cold and weak , for his power was the power of ...
His tragedy seems to be skill , his comedy to be instinct . ' Yet after saying that his tragedy was skill , he affirms in the next page , ' His declamations or set speeches are commonly cold and weak , for his power was the power of ...
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This swelling exultation and keen spirit of triumph , this uncontrollable eagerness of anticipation , which seems to dilate her form and take possession of all her faculties , this solid , substantial flesh - and - blood display of ...
This swelling exultation and keen spirit of triumph , this uncontrollable eagerness of anticipation , which seems to dilate her form and take possession of all her faculties , this solid , substantial flesh - and - blood display of ...
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They seem to pity the lady ; it seems her affections have the full bent . Love mel why , it must be requited . I hear how I am censur'd : they say , I will bear myself proudly , if I perceive the love come from her ; they say too ...
They seem to pity the lady ; it seems her affections have the full bent . Love mel why , it must be requited . I hear how I am censur'd : they say , I will bear myself proudly , if I perceive the love come from her ; they say too ...
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| Title | Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Volume 205 of World's classics |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Contributor | Arthur Quiller-Couch |
| Publisher | H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1966 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 25 May 2011 |
| Length | 287 pages |
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