Characters of Shakespeare's Plays |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 87
Page xviii
He reduced everything to the common standard of conventional propriety ; and the most exquisite refinement or sublimity produced an effect on his mind , only as they could be translated into the language of measured prose .
He reduced everything to the common standard of conventional propriety ; and the most exquisite refinement or sublimity produced an effect on his mind , only as they could be translated into the language of measured prose .
Page xix
Common sense sympathizes with the impressions of things on ordinary minds in ordinary circumstances : genius catches the glancing combinations presented to the eye of fancy , under the influence of passion .
Common sense sympathizes with the impressions of things on ordinary minds in ordinary circumstances : genius catches the glancing combinations presented to the eye of fancy , under the influence of passion .
Page xx
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 ...
Page xxi
By thus lowering Shakspeare's genius to the standard of common - place invention , it was easy to show that his faults were as great as his beauties ; for the excellence , which consists merely in a conformity to rules ...
By thus lowering Shakspeare's genius to the standard of common - place invention , it was easy to show that his faults were as great as his beauties ; for the excellence , which consists merely in a conformity to rules ...
Page 13
Her fault seems to have been an excess of that strong principle of self - interest and family aggrandizement , not amenable to the common feelings of compassion and justice , which is so MACBETH . 13.
Her fault seems to have been an excess of that strong principle of self - interest and family aggrandizement , not amenable to the common feelings of compassion and justice , which is so MACBETH . 13.
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays: & Lectures on the English Poets William Hazlitt No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
admiration affections answer appear beauty better blood breath character circumstances comes common critic death doth equal expression eyes fair fall fancy fear feeling fire force fortune friends genius give given grace hand hath head hear heart heaven Henry hope human idea imagination interest keep kind king Lear learning leave less light live look lord manner matter means mind moral nature never night object once passages passion perhaps person piece play poet poetry present reason rich scene seems sense sentiment Shakspeare Shakspeare's sleep soul speak spirit stage stand strange striking style sweet tell thee things thou thought tion tragedy true truth turn whole writers youth
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |