Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page x
... and always brilliant in ex- pression . Right or wrong , they cannot be read with in- difference ; for whatever may have been his faults , Hazlitt never wrote a dull sentence . PREFACE . Ir is observed by Mr. Pope , that ADVERTISEMENT .
... and always brilliant in ex- pression . Right or wrong , they cannot be read with in- difference ; for whatever may have been his faults , Hazlitt never wrote a dull sentence . PREFACE . Ir is observed by Mr. Pope , that ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xiii
... Never , perhaps , was there so comprehensive a talent for the delineation of character as Shakspeare's . It not only grasps the diversities of rank , sex and age , down to the dawnings of infancy ; not only do the king and the beggar ...
... Never , perhaps , was there so comprehensive a talent for the delineation of character as Shakspeare's . It not only grasps the diversities of rank , sex and age , down to the dawnings of infancy ; not only do the king and the beggar ...
Page xv
... never , in fact , varnished over wild and blood - thirsty pas- sions with a pleasing exterior , -never clothed crime and want of principle with a false show of greatness of soul ; and in that respect he is every way deserving of praise ...
... never , in fact , varnished over wild and blood - thirsty pas- sions with a pleasing exterior , -never clothed crime and want of principle with a false show of greatness of soul ; and in that respect he is every way deserving of praise ...
Page 1
... never entirely broken . The most straggling and seemingly casual incidents are contriv- ed in such a manner as to lead at last to the most complete de- . velopment of the catastrophe . The ease and conscious uncon- cern with which this ...
... never entirely broken . The most straggling and seemingly casual incidents are contriv- ed in such a manner as to lead at last to the most complete de- . velopment of the catastrophe . The ease and conscious uncon- cern with which this ...
Page 7
... never wing'd from view o ' th ' nest ; nor know not What air's from home . Haply this life is best , If quiet life is best ; sweeter to you That have a sharper known ; well corresponding With your stiff age ; but unto us it is A cell of ...
... never wing'd from view o ' th ' nest ; nor know not What air's from home . Haply this life is best , If quiet life is best ; sweeter to you That have a sharper known ; well corresponding With your stiff age ; but unto us it is A cell of ...
Other editions - View all
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays: & Lectures on the English Poets William Hazlitt No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
admiration affections Beaumont and Fletcher beauty Ben Jonson blood breath Cæsar Caliban character comedy Coriolanus critic CYMBELINE D'Ol death delight Desdemona dost doth dramatic Duke effeminacy Endymion equal Eumenides eyes Falstaff fancy fear feeling fire fool fortune friends genius give grace hand hast hath hear heart heaven Henry honour human Iago imagination Jeremy Taylor Jonson king kiss lady Lear learning live look lord Macbeth MALVOLIO manner MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM mind moral nature never night noble Othello passages passion person pity play pleasure poet poetical poetry pride prince quincunxes racter rich Richard Richard III scene seems Sejanus sense sentiment Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's sleep soul speak speech spirit striking style sweet tell tender thee things thou art thought tion Titus Andronicus tragedy true truth unto wife words writers youth