The Life and Death of King JohnMacmillan, 1890 - 187 pages |
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Page xvi
... matter , and so they both died in manner at one time . " On the subject of literal accuracy in historical dramas , Knight remarks , " It would appear scarcely necessary to entreat the reader to bear in mind ... that the dramas con ...
... matter , and so they both died in manner at one time . " On the subject of literal accuracy in historical dramas , Knight remarks , " It would appear scarcely necessary to entreat the reader to bear in mind ... that the dramas con ...
Page xviii
... matter was fitted to secure as much of actual truth as could be told dramati- cally without defeating the purpose of the telling . Shakespeare has many happy instances of such conden- sation in his historical pieces . " In dealing with ...
... matter was fitted to secure as much of actual truth as could be told dramati- cally without defeating the purpose of the telling . Shakespeare has many happy instances of such conden- sation in his historical pieces . " In dealing with ...
Page xix
... matter too sacred for him to introduce it in a ridiculous form into the seriousness of history . " Another noticeable feature in the spirit of the play is the light in which Shakespeare , in accordance with historical truth , represents ...
... matter too sacred for him to introduce it in a ridiculous form into the seriousness of history . " Another noticeable feature in the spirit of the play is the light in which Shakespeare , in accordance with historical truth , represents ...
Page xxv
... . That Prince may bluster for awhile and refuse to be a puppet in the legate's hands ; but his hesitation is not of much longer duration than was his Style and subject- matter . father's , and he retires INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... . That Prince may bluster for awhile and refuse to be a puppet in the legate's hands ; but his hesitation is not of much longer duration than was his Style and subject- matter . father's , and he retires INTRODUCTION . XXV.
Page xxvi
... matter with Richard the Third : " In both plays , " he says , " we have cruel uncles planning their nephew's murder because the boys stand between them and the crown . In both we have distracted mothers over- whelmed with grief . In ...
... matter with Richard the Third : " In both plays , " he says , " we have cruel uncles planning their nephew's murder because the boys stand between them and the crown . In both we have distracted mothers over- whelmed with grief . In ...
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Page 129 - Reputation, reputation, reputation ! O, I have lost my reputation ! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Page 178 - Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough, When there is in it but one only man. O ! you and I have heard our fathers say, There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.
Page 138 - Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
Page 134 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings...
Page 52 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 58 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet, Told of a many thousand warlike French That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent : 200 Another lean unwash'd artificer Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death.
Page 173 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 173 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
Page 156 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 119 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.