Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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Page xiv
... feeling steals into our souls ; of all the imperceptible advantages which it there gains : of all the stratagems by which every other passion is made subser- vient to it , till it becomes the sole tyrant of our desires and aversions ...
... feeling steals into our souls ; of all the imperceptible advantages which it there gains : of all the stratagems by which every other passion is made subser- vient to it , till it becomes the sole tyrant of our desires and aversions ...
Page xv
... feelings by the open display of the most disgusting moral odiousness , harrows up the mind unmercifully , and tortures even our senses by the exhibition of the most insupportable and hate- ful spectacles , is one of much greater ...
... feelings by the open display of the most disgusting moral odiousness , harrows up the mind unmercifully , and tortures even our senses by the exhibition of the most insupportable and hate- ful spectacles , is one of much greater ...
Page xviii
... sense and practical wisdom , rather than of genius and feeling . He retained the regular , habi- tual impressions of actual objects , but he could not follow the rapid flights of fancy , or the strong movements xviii PREFACE .
... sense and practical wisdom , rather than of genius and feeling . He retained the regular , habi- tual impressions of actual objects , but he could not follow the rapid flights of fancy , or the strong movements xviii PREFACE .
Page xx
... feelings of pleasure or power in the mind , and moulding the impressions of natural objects ac- cording to the ... feeling of the beauty of the passages here referred to . A stately common - place , such as Con- greve's description ...
... feelings of pleasure or power in the mind , and moulding the impressions of natural objects ac- cording to the ... feeling of the beauty of the passages here referred to . A stately common - place , such as Con- greve's description ...
Page xxi
... feeling the full force of that epithet , which suggests an image like " the sleepy eye of love , " the allusion to " the lids of Juno's eyes " must appear extravagant and unmeaning . Shak- speare's fancy lent words and images to the ...
... feeling the full force of that epithet , which suggests an image like " the sleepy eye of love , " the allusion to " the lids of Juno's eyes " must appear extravagant and unmeaning . Shak- speare's fancy lent words and images to the ...
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