Characters of Shakespear's PlaysJ.M. Dent & Company, 1910 - 275 pages |
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... respect appear most to be twins , will , upon comparison , be found remarkably distinct . To this life and variety of char- acter , we must add the wonderful preservation of it : which is such throughout his plays , that had all the ...
... respect appear most to be twins , will , upon comparison , be found remarkably distinct . To this life and variety of char- acter , we must add the wonderful preservation of it : which is such throughout his plays , that had all the ...
Page xv
... , —with such inexpressible , and , in every respect , definite truth , that the physician may enrich his observations from them in the same manner as from real cases . " And yet Johnson has objected to Shakespear , that Preface XV.
... , —with such inexpressible , and , in every respect , definite truth , that the physician may enrich his observations from them in the same manner as from real cases . " And yet Johnson has objected to Shakespear , that Preface XV.
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... respect he is every way deserving of praise . Twice he has pourtrayed downright villains ; and the masterly way in which he has contrived to elude impressions of too painful a nature , may be seen in Iago and Richard the Third . The ...
... respect he is every way deserving of praise . Twice he has pourtrayed downright villains ; and the masterly way in which he has contrived to elude impressions of too painful a nature , may be seen in Iago and Richard the Third . The ...
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... respect to Shakespear than the want of it ; for our admiration cannot easily surpass his genius . We have a high respect for Dr. Johnson's character and understand- ing , mixed with something like personal attachment : but he was ...
... respect to Shakespear than the want of it ; for our admiration cannot easily surpass his genius . We have a high respect for Dr. Johnson's character and understand- ing , mixed with something like personal attachment : but he was ...
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... respecting the obtaining of the ring from Posthumus . Dr. Johnson is of opinion that Shakespear was generally inattentive to the winding - up of his plots . We think the contrary is true ; and we might cite in proof of this remark not ...
... respecting the obtaining of the ring from Posthumus . Dr. Johnson is of opinion that Shakespear was generally inattentive to the winding - up of his plots . We think the contrary is true ; and we might cite in proof of this remark not ...
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acter admirable affections answer Antony Apemantus appear banished Banquo beauty blood Bolingbroke breath Brutus Cæsar Caliban Cassius char character circumstances Claudio comedy comic Cordelia Coriolanus critic CYMBELINE daughter death Desdemona doth dramatic eyes Falstaff father fear feeling fool fortune friends genius give Gonerill grace grave Hamlet hath hear heart heaven Henry honour Hubert human humour Iago imagination Juliet JULIUS CÆSAR king lady Lear live look lord lover Macbeth Malvolio manner Mark Antony MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM mind moral nature never night noble Othello passages passion Perdita person pity pleasure poet poetry Prince refined Regan revenge Richard Richard III Romeo ROMEO AND JULIET scene sense Shakespear shew Sir Toby sleep soul speak speech spirit story striking sweet tender thee things thou art thought Titus Andronicus tongue tragedy true truth unto W. E. Henley wife words youth