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... which seem enamored of their own sweetness- " Daffodils That come before the swallow dares , and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim , But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes , Or Cytherea's breath .
... which seem enamored of their own sweetness- " Daffodils That come before the swallow dares , and take The winds of March with beauty ; violets dim , But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes , Or Cytherea's breath .
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Her resignation and angelic sweetness of temper do not desert her at the last . The scenes in which she laments and tries to account for Othello's estrangement from her are exquisitely beautiful . After he has struck her , and called ...
Her resignation and angelic sweetness of temper do not desert her at the last . The scenes in which she laments and tries to account for Othello's estrangement from her are exquisitely beautiful . After he has struck her , and called ...
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As sweet as balm , as soft as air , as gentle . Oh Antony ! " It is worth while to observe that Shakspeare has contrasted the extreme magnificence of the descriptions in this play with pictures of extreme suffering and physical horror ...
As sweet as balm , as soft as air , as gentle . Oh Antony ! " It is worth while to observe that Shakspeare has contrasted the extreme magnificence of the descriptions in this play with pictures of extreme suffering and physical horror ...
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Nothing can be more affecting or beautiful than the Queen's apostrophe to Ophelia on throwing flowers into the grave : " Sweets to the sweet , farewell . I hop'd thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife : I thought thy bride - bed to ...
Nothing can be more affecting or beautiful than the Queen's apostrophe to Ophelia on throwing flowers into the grave : " Sweets to the sweet , farewell . I hop'd thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife : I thought thy bride - bed to ...
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Be not afraid , the isle is full of noises , Sounds , and sweet airs , that give delight and hurt not . Sometimes a thousand twanging instruments Will hum about mine ears , and sometimes voices , That if I then had waked after long ...
Be not afraid , the isle is full of noises , Sounds , and sweet airs , that give delight and hurt not . Sometimes a thousand twanging instruments Will hum about mine ears , and sometimes voices , That if I then had waked after long ...
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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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