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The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator , as an instrument 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 ...
The poetry of Shakspeare was inspiration indeed : he is not so much an imitator , as an instrument 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 ...
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... the sage and the idiot , speak and act with equal truth ; not only does he transport himself to distant ages and foreign nations , and portray in the most accurate manner , with only a few apparent violations of costume , the spirit ...
... the sage and the idiot , speak and act with equal truth ; not only does he transport himself to distant ages and foreign nations , and portray in the most accurate manner , with only a few apparent violations of costume , the spirit ...
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There are , it is true , passages , though , comparatively speaking , very few , where his poetry exceeds the bounds of true dialogue , where a too soaring imagination , a too luxuriant wit , rendered the complete dramatic forgetfulness ...
There are , it is true , passages , though , comparatively speaking , very few , where his poetry exceeds the bounds of true dialogue , where a too soaring imagination , a too luxuriant wit , rendered the complete dramatic forgetfulness ...
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Cibber , in speaking of the early English stage , accounts for the want of prominence and theatrical display in Shakspeare's female characters from the circumstance , that women in those days were not allowed to play parts of women ...
Cibber , in speaking of the early English stage , accounts for the want of prominence and theatrical display in Shakspeare's female characters from the circumstance , that women in those days were not allowed to play parts of women ...
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... oh husband , shall be thought Put on for villainy : not born where ' t grows , But worn a bait for ladies . PISANIO . G Madam , hear meIMOGEN . Talk thy tongue weary , speak : I have heard I am a strumpet , and mine CYMBELINE .
... oh husband , shall be thought Put on for villainy : not born where ' t grows , But worn a bait for ladies . PISANIO . G Madam , hear meIMOGEN . Talk thy tongue weary , speak : I have heard I am a strumpet , and mine CYMBELINE .
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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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