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... through the medium of stray volumes , or an accidental and cursory glance at his fresh , startling and animated pages , will welcome with no less eagerness what , if encouraged , may prove the commencing volume of a rich and ...
... through the medium of stray volumes , or an accidental and cursory glance at his fresh , startling and animated pages , will welcome with no less eagerness what , if encouraged , may prove the commencing volume of a rich and ...
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There is a moral sense in the proud beauty of this last image , a rich surfeit of the fancy , -as that well - known passage begin . ning , " Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained , and prayed me oft forbearance , " sets a keener edge ...
There is a moral sense in the proud beauty of this last image , a rich surfeit of the fancy , -as that well - known passage begin . ning , " Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained , and prayed me oft forbearance , " sets a keener edge ...
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One of his most favorite topics , on which he is rich indeed , and in descanting on which his spleen serves him for a Muse , is the disproportionate match between Desdemona and the Moor . This is a clue to the character of the lady ...
One of his most favorite topics , on which he is rich indeed , and in descanting on which his spleen serves him for a Muse , is the disproportionate match between Desdemona and the Moor . This is a clue to the character of the lady ...
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The change is as rapid as it is complete ; nor is the description of the rich and generous Timon , banquetting in gilded palaces , pampered by every luxury , prodigal of his hospitality , courted by crowds of flatterers , poets ...
The change is as rapid as it is complete ; nor is the description of the rich and generous Timon , banquetting in gilded palaces , pampered by every luxury , prodigal of his hospitality , courted by crowds of flatterers , poets ...
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... and those our droplets , which From niggard nature fall ; yet rich conceit Taught thee to make vast Neptune weep for aye On thy low grave : "thus making the winds his funeral dirge , his mourner the murmuring ocean ; and seeking in ...
... and those our droplets , which From niggard nature fall ; yet rich conceit Taught thee to make vast Neptune weep for aye On thy low grave : "thus making the winds his funeral dirge , his mourner the murmuring ocean ; and seeking in ...
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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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