Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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Page x
... fall short of the point of truth always aimed at , they nevertheless serve as guides and monitors to the un- derstanding and imagination of the reader . This seems especially the case with the work now submitted to the public . These ...
... fall short of the point of truth always aimed at , they nevertheless serve as guides and monitors to the un- derstanding and imagination of the reader . This seems especially the case with the work now submitted to the public . These ...
Page xvi
... falls occasionally into the opposite extreme , it is a noble error , originating in the fulness of a gigantic strength : and yet this tragical Titan , who storms the heavens , and threatens to tear the world from off its hinges ; who ...
... falls occasionally into the opposite extreme , it is a noble error , originating in the fulness of a gigantic strength : and yet this tragical Titan , who storms the heavens , and threatens to tear the world from off its hinges ; who ...
Page xvii
... falls within the limits and rules of prose , but not as it is poetry . Least of all was he qualified to be a judge of Shakspeare , who " alone is high fantastical . " Let those who have a prejudice against Johnson read Boswell's Life of ...
... falls within the limits and rules of prose , but not as it is poetry . Least of all was he qualified to be a judge of Shakspeare , who " alone is high fantastical . " Let those who have a prejudice against Johnson read Boswell's Life of ...
Page xxii
... fall of greatness , the danger of innocence , or the crosses of love . What he does best , he soon ceases to do . He no sooner begins to move than he counteracts himself ; and terror and pity , as they are rising in the mind , are ...
... fall of greatness , the danger of innocence , or the crosses of love . What he does best , he soon ceases to do . He no sooner begins to move than he counteracts himself ; and terror and pity , as they are rising in the mind , are ...
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... fall upon your knees , Pray to the Gods to intermit the plague , That needs must light on this ingratitude . " The well - known dialogue between Brutus and Cassius , in which the latter breaks the design of the conspiracy to the for ...
... fall upon your knees , Pray to the Gods to intermit the plague , That needs must light on this ingratitude . " The well - known dialogue between Brutus and Cassius , in which the latter breaks the design of the conspiracy to the for ...
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