Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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... LEAR 103 RICHARD II . 116 HENRY IV . IN TWO PARTS 123 HENRY V. 132 HENRY VI . IN THREE PARTS 140 RICHARD III . 148 HENRY VIII . 155 KING JOHN 159 TWELFTH NIGHT ; OR , WHAT YOU WILL 164 . THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA 171 THE MERCHANT OF ...
... LEAR 103 RICHARD II . 116 HENRY IV . IN TWO PARTS 123 HENRY V. 132 HENRY VI . IN THREE PARTS 140 RICHARD III . 148 HENRY VIII . 155 KING JOHN 159 TWELFTH NIGHT ; OR , WHAT YOU WILL 164 . THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA 171 THE MERCHANT OF ...
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... Lear , or the descrip- tion of flowers in The Winter's Tale , than to describe the objects of a sixth sense ; nor do we think he would have any very profound feeling of the beauty of the passages here referred to . A stately common ...
... Lear , or the descrip- tion of flowers in The Winter's Tale , than to describe the objects of a sixth sense ; nor do we think he would have any very profound feeling of the beauty of the passages here referred to . A stately common ...
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... Lear , of Romeo and Juliet , of Macbeth , of Othello , even of Hamlet , and of other plays of less moment , in which the last act is crowded with decisive events 7 brought about by natural and striking means . The pathos in CYMBELINE is ...
... Lear , of Romeo and Juliet , of Macbeth , of Othello , even of Hamlet , and of other plays of less moment , in which the last act is crowded with decisive events 7 brought about by natural and striking means . The pathos in CYMBELINE is ...
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... answer con- veys at once a tacit reproof of her hypocrisy and a useful lesson of humanity- " Your Highness Shall from this practice but make hard your heart . " MACBETH . rest . MACBETH and Lear , Othello and CYMBELINE . 9.
... answer con- veys at once a tacit reproof of her hypocrisy and a useful lesson of humanity- " Your Highness Shall from this practice but make hard your heart . " MACBETH . rest . MACBETH and Lear , Othello and CYMBELINE . 9.
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William Hazlitt. MACBETH . rest . MACBETH and Lear , Othello and Hamlet , are usually reckoned Shakspeare's four principal tragedies . Lear stands first for the profound intensity of the passion ; Macbeth for the wildness of the ...
William Hazlitt. MACBETH . rest . MACBETH and Lear , Othello and Hamlet , are usually reckoned Shakspeare's four principal tragedies . Lear stands first for the profound intensity of the passion ; Macbeth for the wildness of the ...
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