Essais de littérature anglaise

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C. Delagrave, 1883 - English literature - 294 pages

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Page 84 - He's here in double trust : First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.
Page 22 - Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage ; for comedy, witnes his...
Page 234 - I heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day, His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze ; He did not cease, but cooed — and cooed ; And somewhat pensively he wooed : He sang of love with quiet blending; Slow to begin, and never ending ; Of serious faith and inward glee ; That was the song — the song for me!
Page 158 - And in this way I wrought upon myself, Until I seemed to hear a voice that cried, To the whole city,
Page 102 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 146 - L'éclat de tes rayons rejaillit sur ma tête. Quel honneur pour mon fils, et quel bonheur pour moi! Je suis dans un instant mère et femme d'un roi. Ah ! ne fais plus languir ma superbe espérance ! Il est temps.... MACBETH. Mais l'honneur, mais la reconnaissance. Mais un vieillard, un roi, mon parent, mon ami, Ici, dans mon palais, sous ma garde endormi ; Qui, si des assassins venaient pour le surprendre , Crierait d'abord : « Macbeth, Macbeth , viens me défendre ! FBÉnÉGOSDE, à part.
Page 194 - To be more prince) as may be. You are sad. Hub. Indeed, I have been merrier. Arth. Mercy on me! Methinks, nobody should be sad but I : Yet, I remember, when I was in France, Young gentlemen would be as sad as night, Only for wantonness.
Page 243 - La souveraineté déplus en plus puissante de la pensée sur le monde extérieur ne pourra que développer le* monde intérieur aux dépens des apparences du dehors : toute certitude et toute science sort du dedans, comme toute émotion, et le triomphe apparent du matérialisme dans ce siècle n'est que l'avant-coureur d'un idéalisme scientifique : le monde extérieur tend à se résorber dans la vision intérieure dont il n'est que le développement et la projection.
Page 22 - Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugred Sonnets among his private friends, &c. — As Plautus and Seneca are accounted the best for comedy and tragedy among the Latines, so Shakespeare among the English is the most excellent in both kinds for the stage...
Page 80 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.

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