Shakspeare's Knowledge and Use of the BibleFrom the author's preface: "I am not aware that the attempt made in this small volume has been anticipated in any other. Even the notes of critics upon Shakespeare, superfluously full in pointing out his obligations, real or supposed, to secular authors, are singularly meagre in the references which they make to the Holy Scriptures. And yet how abundant is the room for such reference, and how much it may conduce to the mutual illustration of the two books, which as Christians and as Britons we should value most, will be seen, I trust, upon every page of the Second Part of the following dissertation." A reprint of the third edition of 1880, by Charles Wordsworth, then the Bishop of St. Andrews and Fellow of Winchester College. |
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... scene , and for the circum- stances in which it was spoken . It is from the grave scene of Hamlet . The clown is engaged in digging , and having thrown up a skull , Hamlet thus speaks : - That scull had a tongue in it , and could sing ...
... scene , and for the circum- stances in which it was spoken . It is from the grave scene of Hamlet . The clown is engaged in digging , and having thrown up a skull , Hamlet thus speaks : - That scull had a tongue in it , and could sing ...
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... scene in King Richard III . , where Hastings is made to condemn himself in answer to the ques- tion of Gloster- I pray you all , tell me what they deserve That do conspire my death ? Act iii . Sc . 3 . admits of similar comparison with ...
... scene in King Richard III . , where Hastings is made to condemn himself in answer to the ques- tion of Gloster- I pray you all , tell me what they deserve That do conspire my death ? Act iii . Sc . 3 . admits of similar comparison with ...
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... scene is made more touching , more melancholy . I allude to Act ii . Sc . 3 , in King Henry V. The reader of Burnet , of Evelyn's Memoirs , and of the Life of Bp . Ken , will be at no loss to compare a parallel scene of real life , only ...
... scene is made more touching , more melancholy . I allude to Act ii . Sc . 3 , in King Henry V. The reader of Burnet , of Evelyn's Memoirs , and of the Life of Bp . Ken , will be at no loss to compare a parallel scene of real life , only ...
Contents
GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHAPTER I | 9 |
Of PoliticsPeace and | 15 |
Copyright | |
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