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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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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 gibes , quick answer'd , saucy ...
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 gibes , quick answer'd , saucy ...
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She all along relies little on her personal charms , which she fears may have been eclipsed by some painted jay of Italy ; she relies on her merit , and her merit is in the depth of her love , her truth and constancy .
She all along relies little on her personal charms , which she fears may have been eclipsed by some painted jay of Italy ; she relies on her merit , and her merit is in the depth of her love , her truth and constancy .
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She is a great bad woman , whom we hate , but whom we fear more than we hate . She does not excite our loathing and abhorrence like Regan and Goneril . She is only wicked to gain a great end ; and is perhaps more distinguished by her ...
She is a great bad woman , whom we hate , but whom we fear more than we hate . She does not excite our loathing and abhorrence like Regan and Goneril . She is only wicked to gain a great end ; and is perhaps more distinguished by her ...
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From the strangeness of the events that surround him , he is full of amazement and fear ; and stands in doubt between the world of reality and the world of fancy . He sees sights not shown to mortal eye MACBETH . 19.
From the strangeness of the events that surround him , he is full of amazement and fear ; and stands in doubt between the world of reality and the world of fancy . He sees sights not shown to mortal eye MACBETH . 19.
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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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