Shakspere: His Times and Contemporariesauthor, 1861 - 80 pages |
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Page vii
... becoming thinkers . Although the publisher neither advertised the book , nor forwarded copies to the reviewers , the whole edition of three thousand copies was soon disposed of , and the work has for some years been out of print ...
... becoming thinkers . Although the publisher neither advertised the book , nor forwarded copies to the reviewers , the whole edition of three thousand copies was soon disposed of , and the work has for some years been out of print ...
Page 11
... become a great dramatist requires genius of the highest order , and a knowledge of man and history most extensive : for all the characters must be drawn to the life ; their actions truly represented , and not mis - represented ; else ...
... become a great dramatist requires genius of the highest order , and a knowledge of man and history most extensive : for all the characters must be drawn to the life ; their actions truly represented , and not mis - represented ; else ...
Page 19
... become , —as in the unkind daughters of poor King Lear , and the proud and cruel Lady Macbeth . Virtue with him is ever victorious ; it is undaunted under suffering , and triumphant even in death . What a fine philosophy pervades each ...
... become , —as in the unkind daughters of poor King Lear , and the proud and cruel Lady Macbeth . Virtue with him is ever victorious ; it is undaunted under suffering , and triumphant even in death . What a fine philosophy pervades each ...
Page 21
... become acquainted with them , the more we become acquainted with our own souls . Why do not the rational portion of our population make a firm stand for the revival of Shakspere in all his glory on the boards of every theatre , and ...
... become acquainted with them , the more we become acquainted with our own souls . Why do not the rational portion of our population make a firm stand for the revival of Shakspere in all his glory on the boards of every theatre , and ...
Page 36
... become quite common ; and fit representations they were for a people whose monarch could bare his back to be lashed by the monks of Canterbury when his own Queen , Eleanor , would have done it so well ! In the following reign - that of ...
... become quite common ; and fit representations they were for a people whose monarch could bare his back to be lashed by the monks of Canterbury when his own Queen , Eleanor , would have done it so well ! In the following reign - that of ...
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