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... scenes,there is always something wanting, but his comedy often surpasses expectation or desire. His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language, and his tragedy,for thegreater part, by incident and action. His tragedy seems to be ...
... scenes,there is always something wanting, but his comedy often surpasses expectation or desire. His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language, and his tragedy,for thegreater part, by incident and action. His tragedy seems to be ...
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... scene aswell as by the length of time it occupies. The reading ofthisplayis likegoing[on?]a journey withsome uncertain objectat the endofit,and inwhich the suspenseis kept up andheightened by thelongintervals between each action. Though ...
... scene aswell as by the length of time it occupies. The reading ofthisplayis likegoing[on?]a journey withsome uncertain objectat the endofit,and inwhich the suspenseis kept up andheightened by thelongintervals between each action. Though ...
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... scene with Iachimo, as to her husband's infidelity, is much the same as Desdemona's backwardness to believe Othello's jealousy. Her answer tothe mostdistressing part of the pictureis only, 'Mylord,Ifear, has forgot Britain ...
... scene with Iachimo, as to her husband's infidelity, is much the same as Desdemona's backwardness to believe Othello's jealousy. Her answer tothe mostdistressing part of the pictureis only, 'Mylord,Ifear, has forgot Britain ...
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... scenes in which theyappear, area finerelief to the intrigues and artificial refinements of the court from which theyarebanished. Nothingcan surpass thewildness and simplicityofthe descriptions of themountainlife they lead. They ...
... scenes in which theyappear, area finerelief to the intrigues and artificial refinements of the court from which theyarebanished. Nothingcan surpass thewildness and simplicityofthe descriptions of themountainlife they lead. They ...
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... scenes hedescribes from the feelings oftheir imaginary inhabitants. He at the same time preserves the utmost propriety ... scene in which Bellarius instructs the youngprinces to pay their orisonsto heaven: —See, Boys!this gate Instructs ...
... scenes hedescribes from the feelings oftheir imaginary inhabitants. He at the same time preserves the utmost propriety ... scene in which Bellarius instructs the youngprinces to pay their orisonsto heaven: —See, Boys!this gate Instructs ...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays: & Lectures on the English Poets William Hazlitt No preview available - 2015 |
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