Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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... death on't , I would adventure . " And when Pisanio , enlarging on the consequences , tells her she must change " Fear and niceness , The handmaids of all women , or more truly , Woman its pretty self , into a waggish courage , Ready in ...
... death on't , I would adventure . " And when Pisanio , enlarging on the consequences , tells her she must change " Fear and niceness , The handmaids of all women , or more truly , Woman its pretty self , into a waggish courage , Ready in ...
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... death . The action is despe- rate , and the reaction is dreadful . It is a huddling together of fierce extremes , a war of opposite natures which of them shall destroy the other . There is nothing but what has a violent end or a violent ...
... death . The action is despe- rate , and the reaction is dreadful . It is a huddling together of fierce extremes , a war of opposite natures which of them shall destroy the other . There is nothing but what has a violent end or a violent ...
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... death . Macbeth , after the death of Banquo , wishes for his presence in extravagant terms . " To him and all we thirst , " and when his ghost appears , cries out , " Avaunt and quit my sight , " and being gone , he is " himself again ...
... death . Macbeth , after the death of Banquo , wishes for his presence in extravagant terms . " To him and all we thirst , " and when his ghost appears , cries out , " Avaunt and quit my sight , " and being gone , he is " himself again ...
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... death of Portia , which he does not learn till after their reconciliation , " How ' scap'd I killing when I crost you so ? " gives double force to all that has gone before . The scene between Brutus and Portia , where she endeavors to ...
... death of Portia , which he does not learn till after their reconciliation , " How ' scap'd I killing when I crost you so ? " gives double force to all that has gone before . The scene between Brutus and Portia , where she endeavors to ...
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... death of Brutus is worthy of him - it has the dignity of the Roman senator with the firmness of the Stoic philosopher . But what is perhaps better than either , is the little incident of his boy , Lucius , falling asleep over his ...
... death of Brutus is worthy of him - it has the dignity of the Roman senator with the firmness of the Stoic philosopher . But what is perhaps better than either , is the little incident of his boy , Lucius , falling asleep over his ...
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