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A stately common - place , such as Congreve's description of a ruin in The Mourning Bride , would have answered Johnson's purpose just as well , or better than the first ; and an indiscriminate profusion ...
A stately common - place , such as Congreve's description of a ruin in The Mourning Bride , would have answered Johnson's purpose just as well , or better than the first ; and an indiscriminate profusion ...
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... of a single circumstance — the answer of Iachimo to the question of Imogen respecting the obtaining of the ring from Posthumus . Dr. Johnson is of opinion that Shakspeare was generally inattentive to the winding up of his plots .
... of a single circumstance — the answer of Iachimo to the question of Imogen respecting the obtaining of the ring from Posthumus . Dr. Johnson is of opinion that Shakspeare was generally inattentive to the winding up of his plots .
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Her answer to the most distressing part of the picture is only , " My lord , I fear , has forgot Britain . " Her readiness to pardon Iachimo's false imputations and his designs against herself , is a good lesson to prudes ; and may show ...
Her answer to the most distressing part of the picture is only , " My lord , I fear , has forgot Britain . " Her readiness to pardon Iachimo's false imputations and his designs against herself , is a good lesson to prudes ; and may show ...
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... Woman its pretty self , into a waggish courage , Ready in gibes , quick answer'd , saucy , and As quarrellous as the weazel ” . she interrupts him hastily ; " Nay , be brief ; I see into thy end , and am almost A man already .
... Woman its pretty self , into a waggish courage , Ready in gibes , quick answer'd , saucy , and As quarrellous as the weazel ” . she interrupts him hastily ; " Nay , be brief ; I see into thy end , and am almost A man already .
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The answer of Bellarius to this expostulation is hardly satisfactory ; for nothing can be an answer to hope , or the passion of the mind for unknown good , but experience . - The forest of Arden , in As you like it , can alone compare ...
The answer of Bellarius to this expostulation is hardly satisfactory ; for nothing can be an answer to hope , or the passion of the mind for unknown good , but experience . - The forest of Arden , in As you like it , can alone compare ...
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| Title | Characters of Shakespeare's Plays Wiley & Putnam's library of choice reading |
| Author | William Hazlitt |
| Publisher | Wiley and Putnam, 1845 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 229 pages |
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