 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1801 - 674 pages
...character of the French. That haughty repugnance to unlimited obedience, which at all times characterized the English nation, was probably what inspired their...said of crimes painted by Shakspeare, as the Bible says of Death, that he is the King of Terrort. How skilfully combined are the remorse and the superstition... | |
 | 700 pages
...in " Henry V1H." t The Duke of Clarence, in " Richard m." * Cardinal W olsey , m " Henry VUI." glish author drew forth for private sufferings; for those...said of crimes painted by Shakspeare, as the Bible says of Death, that he is the King of Terrors. How skilfully combined are the remorse and the superstition... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 706 pages
...The Duke of Clarence, in " Richard DJ." glish author drew forth for private sufferings; for thos» who were forsaken; and for such a long list of the...Shakspeare's sufferers without acquiring also some of the hitter experience of real life. But if he excelled in exciting pity; what energy appeared in his terror!... | |
 | 1813 - 562 pages
...probably what inspired their national poet with the idea of assailing the passions of his audience bypity rather than by admiration. The tears which were given...said of crimes painted by Shakspeare, as the Bible says of death, that he is the king of terrors. How skilfully combined are the remorse and the superstition... | |
 | 1813 - 558 pages
...unfortunate, that we cannot entirely sympathize with Shakspeare's sufferers without acquiring also some ol the bitter experience of real life. But if he excelled...said of crimes painted by Shakspeare, as the Bible says of death, that he is the king- of terrors. How skilfully combined are the remorse and the superstition... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 534 pages
...than that spirit of chivalry which existed in the French monarchy. In England, they wish to recompense the services of a good citizen ; but they have no...said of crimes painted by Shakspeare, as the Bible says of Death, that he is the KING OF TERRORS. How skilfully combined are the remorse and the superstition... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 pages
...than that spirit of chivalry which existed in the French monarchy. In England, they wish to recompense the services of a good citizen; but they have no turn...said of crimes painted by Shakspeare, as the Bible says of Death, that he is the KING OF TERRORS. How skilfully combined are the remorse and the superstition... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1828 - 522 pages
...than that spint'oTcnTvaTiyAvhich existed in the French monarchy;TrTEngland, they wish to recompense the services of a good citizen; but they have no turn...some of the bitter experience of real life. But if he excelle.cl.in exciting pity, what energy appeared in hy(terror! It was from the crime itself that he... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine) - Literature and morals - 1835 - 122 pages
...character of the French. That haughty repugnance to unlimited obedience, which at all times characterized the English nation, was probably what inspired their...acquiring also some of the bitter experience of real life. 1 But if he excelled in exciting pity ; what energy appeared in this terror ? It was from the crime... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1845 - 498 pages
...for those who were forsaken ; and for such a long list of the unfortunate, that we cannot entirelv sympathize with Shakspeare's sufferers without acquiring...excelled in exciting pity ; what energy appeared in this terror 1 It was from the crime itself • Th« death of Catherine of f The Duke nf Clarence, ir... | |
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That haughty repugnance to unlimited obedience, which at all times characterised the English nation, was probably what inspired their national poet with the idea of assailing the passions of his audience by pity rather than by admiration. The tears which... 