A Study of Hamlet, Volume 110Longmans, Green, & Company, 1875 - 205 pages |
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Page vii
... hope I have something to say which is worth hearing , whether it be quite new , or whether it be old truths presented in a new guise ; though I must confess I have not hazarded any theories , or indulged in any criticisms , simply ...
... hope I have something to say which is worth hearing , whether it be quite new , or whether it be old truths presented in a new guise ; though I must confess I have not hazarded any theories , or indulged in any criticisms , simply ...
Page xi
... hope I have succeeded in availing myself to some extent of the more important additions that have been made to Shakespearian criticism , especially as regards " Hamlet , " since I began my task . I do not profess to have read all , or ...
... hope I have succeeded in availing myself to some extent of the more important additions that have been made to Shakespearian criticism , especially as regards " Hamlet , " since I began my task . I do not profess to have read all , or ...
Page 10
... hope will always inspire the deepest and most general sympathy ; but which , it would be idle to deny , exercises a less powerful charm over the vulgar mind than that more selfish , and intrinsically less noble affection which sometimes ...
... hope will always inspire the deepest and most general sympathy ; but which , it would be idle to deny , exercises a less powerful charm over the vulgar mind than that more selfish , and intrinsically less noble affection which sometimes ...
Page 20
... hope to accomplish . The very few words that Hamlet utters during his inter- view with his father's spirit not only serve to intensify the dramatic effect of the scene , but also to illustrate his cha- racter in the most incisive manner ...
... hope to accomplish . The very few words that Hamlet utters during his inter- view with his father's spirit not only serve to intensify the dramatic effect of the scene , but also to illustrate his cha- racter in the most incisive manner ...
Page 29
... hope in the truthfulness of one woman at least dies in him , he drops her hand , saying with solemn sternness- Let the doors be shut upon him , that he may play the fool nowhere but in's own house . Farewell . Ophelia , who sees in this ...
... hope in the truthfulness of one woman at least dies in him , he drops her hand , saying with solemn sternness- Let the doors be shut upon him , that he may play the fool nowhere but in's own house . Farewell . Ophelia , who sees in this ...
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Page 45 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law: but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling.
Page 39 - tis nobler in the mind, to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them? — To die, — to sleep...
Page 72 - Makes mouths at the invisible event; Exposing what is mortal and unsure To all that fortune, death, and danger dare, Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Page 18 - tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed ; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this ! But two months dead I nay, not so much, not two : So excellent a king ; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr : so loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 40 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 18 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Page 25 - Then goes he to the length of all his arm, And with his other hand thus o'er his brow, He falls to such perusal of my face As he would draw it. Long...
Page 161 - At gaming, swearing ; or about some act That has no relish of salvation in't ; — • Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven ; And that his soul may be as damn'd and black As hell, whereto it goes.
Page 119 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Page 175 - They bear the mandate ; they must sweep my way, And marshal me to knavery. Let it work; For 'tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar...