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... omitted the reference to the hill of Basan ' as indecorous , but critics , in- cluding Johnson himself , have concurred in con- demning it as matter for regret , nay even for ' pity and indignation ! ' < C I confess I am not surprised ...
... omitted the reference to the hill of Basan ' as indecorous , but critics , in- cluding Johnson himself , have concurred in con- demning it as matter for regret , nay even for ' pity and indignation ! ' < C I confess I am not surprised ...
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... omitted by Mr. Bowdler . And why ? Because we read about ' lepers , ' and still more , because we read about ' deaf adders ' in the Bible . See Psalm lviii . 4 , 5 : ‹ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the ...
... omitted by Mr. Bowdler . And why ? Because we read about ' lepers , ' and still more , because we read about ' deaf adders ' in the Bible . See Psalm lviii . 4 , 5 : ‹ Their poison is like the poison of a serpent ; they are like the ...
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... omitted the entire passage , amounting to thirty - two lines : -but to me it appears so far otherwise , that I venture to cite almost the whole of it , as a remarkable instance of the tact with which Shakspeare could apply with perfect ...
... omitted the entire passage , amounting to thirty - two lines : -but to me it appears so far otherwise , that I venture to cite almost the whole of it , as a remarkable instance of the tact with which Shakspeare could apply with perfect ...
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... omitted ; and so has deprived his reader of the opportunity of observing Shakspeare's knowledge of the Bible not only in the case of the narrative to which I am now mainly referring , but also in two other instances . In the line The ...
... omitted ; and so has deprived his reader of the opportunity of observing Shakspeare's knowledge of the Bible not only in the case of the narrative to which I am now mainly referring , but also in two other instances . In the line The ...
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... omitted two passages in which reference is made by our poet to the traitor Judas , without sufficient reason , as it seems to me , for the omission in either case . † I will therefore transcribe them both . The former is in King Richard ...
... omitted two passages in which reference is made by our poet to the traitor Judas , without sufficient reason , as it seems to me , for the omission in either case . † I will therefore transcribe them both . The former is in King Richard ...
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Page 224 - To die, to sleep : To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause...
Page 237 - Whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that by Thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 60 - Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Page 257 - ild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
Page 134 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Page 82 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 113 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 140 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 52 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons' difference : as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 141 - 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, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.