Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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Page xii
... give " reasons for the faith which we English have in Shakspeare . " Certainly , no writer among ourselves has shown either the same enthusiastic admiration of his genius , or the same philosophical acuteness in pointing out his ...
... give " reasons for the faith which we English have in Shakspeare . " Certainly , no writer among ourselves has shown either the same enthusiastic admiration of his genius , or the same philosophical acuteness in pointing out his ...
Page xv
... gives wit ; and , as despair occasionally breaks out into laughter , it may some- times also give vent to itself in antithetical comparisons . " Besides , the rights of the poetical form have not been duly weighed . Shakspeare , who was ...
... gives wit ; and , as despair occasionally breaks out into laughter , it may some- times also give vent to itself in antithetical comparisons . " Besides , the rights of the poetical form have not been duly weighed . Shakspeare , who was ...
Page xx
... give the description of Dover cliff in Lear , or the descrip- tion of flowers in The Winter's Tale , than to describe the objects of a sixth sense ; nor do we think he would have any very profound feeling of the beauty of the passages ...
... give the description of Dover cliff in Lear , or the descrip- tion of flowers in The Winter's Tale , than to describe the objects of a sixth sense ; nor do we think he would have any very profound feeling of the beauty of the passages ...
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... give her the ascendency over her husband's faltering virtue . She at once seizes on the opportunity that offers for the accomplishment of their wished- for greatness , and never flinches from her object till all is over . The magnitude ...
... give her the ascendency over her husband's faltering virtue . She at once seizes on the opportunity that offers for the accomplishment of their wished- for greatness , and never flinches from her object till all is over . The magnitude ...
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... that could in any way give relief or heightening to his subject , is the conversation which takes place between Banquo and Fleance immediately before the murder of Duncan . " BANQUO . How goes the night , boy ? 14 MACBETH .
... that could in any way give relief or heightening to his subject , is the conversation which takes place between Banquo and Fleance immediately before the murder of Duncan . " BANQUO . How goes the night , boy ? 14 MACBETH .
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