The Round Table: Characters of Shakespear's PlaysJ.M. Dent & Sons, 1960 - 366 pages |
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Page 63
... appear in . Fancy cannot be represented any more than a simile can be painted ; and it is as idle to attempt it as to personate Wall or Moonshine . Fairies are not incredible , but fairies six feet high are so . Monsters are not ...
... appear in . Fancy cannot be represented any more than a simile can be painted ; and it is as idle to attempt it as to personate Wall or Moonshine . Fairies are not incredible , but fairies six feet high are so . Monsters are not ...
Page 171
... appear most to be twins , will , upon comparison , be found remarkably distinct . To this life and variety of character , we must add the wonderful preservation of it ; which is such throughout his plays , that had all the speeches been ...
... appear most to be twins , will , upon comparison , be found remarkably distinct . To this life and variety of character , we must add the wonderful preservation of it ; which is such throughout his plays , that had all the speeches been ...
Page 358
... appears to be ' cooped , and cabined in ' by all the technicalities of art , by all the petty intricacies of thought ... appear to us like a couple of ice - houses . They are about as hard , as glittering , and as cold . The author seems ...
... appears to be ' cooped , and cabined in ' by all the technicalities of art , by all the petty intricacies of thought ... appear to us like a couple of ice - houses . They are about as hard , as glittering , and as cold . The author seems ...
Contents
On the Love of Life | 1 |
On Modern Comedy | 7 |
On Mr Keans Iago | 14 |
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