Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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Page xi
... nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks from her , as that she speaks through him . " His characters are so much nature herself , that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her . Those of ...
... nature ; and it is not so just to say that he speaks from her , as that she speaks through him . " His characters are so much nature herself , that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her . Those of ...
Page xiii
... nature , on the other hand , he carries nature into the re- gions of fancy , lying beyond the confines of reality . We are lost in astonishment at seeing the extraordinary , the wonderful , and the unheard - of , in such PREFACE .
... nature , on the other hand , he carries nature into the re- gions of fancy , lying beyond the confines of reality . We are lost in astonishment at seeing the extraordinary , the wonderful , and the unheard - of , in such PREFACE .
Page xvi
... nature , may be seen in Iago and Richard the Third . The constant reference to a petty and puny race must cripple the boldness of the poet . Fortunately for his art , Shakspeare lived in an age extremely suscepti- ble of noble and ...
... nature , may be seen in Iago and Richard the Third . The constant reference to a petty and puny race must cripple the boldness of the poet . Fortunately for his art , Shakspeare lived in an age extremely suscepti- ble of noble and ...
Page xviii
... natural objects but " such as he could measure with a two - foot rule , or tell upon ten fingers : " he judged of human nature in the same way , by mood and figure : he saw only the definite , the positive , and the practical ; the ...
... natural objects but " such as he could measure with a two - foot rule , or tell upon ten fingers : " he judged of human nature in the same way , by mood and figure : he saw only the definite , the positive , and the practical ; the ...
Page xix
... nature which are constantly repeated and always the same , which follow one another in regular succession , which are acted upon by large classes of men , and embodied in received customs , laws , language , and institutions ; and it ...
... nature which are constantly repeated and always the same , which follow one another in regular succession , which are acted upon by large classes of men , and embodied in received customs , laws , language , and institutions ; and it ...
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