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... but the conclusion of Lear , of Romeo and Juliet , of Macbeth , of Othello , even of Hamlet , and of other plays of less moment , in which the last act is crowded with decisive events brought about by natural and striking means .
... but the conclusion of Lear , of Romeo and Juliet , of Macbeth , of Othello , even of Hamlet , and of other plays of less moment , in which the last act is crowded with decisive events brought about by natural and striking means .
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His death is sublime , and shows in a striking light the mixture of barbarity and heroism of the age . ... Attend me where I wheel : Strike not a stroke , but keep yourselves in breath ; And when I have the bloody Hector found , Empale ...
His death is sublime , and shows in a striking light the mixture of barbarity and heroism of the age . ... Attend me where I wheel : Strike not a stroke , but keep yourselves in breath ; And when I have the bloody Hector found , Empale ...
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The patch - work Richard ill which is acted under the sanction of his name , and which was manufactured by Cibber , is a striking example of this remark . The play itself is undoubtedly a very powerful effusion of Shakespeare's genius .
The patch - work Richard ill which is acted under the sanction of his name , and which was manufactured by Cibber , is a striking example of this remark . The play itself is undoubtedly a very powerful effusion of Shakespeare's genius .
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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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