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... Pieces whichssential particulars of the plot , and the tragical ca- brave Highlander , is , nevertheless , a very respect- may be brought out on the London stage , and which tastrophe . The principal characters and incidents able piece ...
... Pieces whichssential particulars of the plot , and the tragical ca- brave Highlander , is , nevertheless , a very respect- may be brought out on the London stage , and which tastrophe . The principal characters and incidents able piece ...
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... piece of ancient sculpture , gave him a much larger sum than had been expected even from a nobleman of his known munificence , and carried off the prize . He caused it to be conveyed to Berlin without noise , and made it no subject of ...
... piece of ancient sculpture , gave him a much larger sum than had been expected even from a nobleman of his known munificence , and carried off the prize . He caused it to be conveyed to Berlin without noise , and made it no subject of ...
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... piece . We never saw him to more advantage . The episode which introduces this character , is , we think , judiciously interwoven by the author . Played as it is , we at least are sure that the audience would be very sorry to lose it ...
... piece . We never saw him to more advantage . The episode which introduces this character , is , we think , judiciously interwoven by the author . Played as it is , we at least are sure that the audience would be very sorry to lose it ...
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... piece has never before issued from the English press , for reasons of which we are not aware . The author is also unknown , as we are in- formed . We are indebted for the manuscript copy to the kindness of a friend , who thought the ...
... piece has never before issued from the English press , for reasons of which we are not aware . The author is also unknown , as we are in- formed . We are indebted for the manuscript copy to the kindness of a friend , who thought the ...
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... piece of the histrionic art ; his answer to the Duke , commencing For thou shalt quickly follow him to hell ; There , say I sent you , and I hope he's well . Fusb . No ; thou thyself shalt thy own message bear ; and if he be not a man ...
... piece of the histrionic art ; his answer to the Duke , commencing For thou shalt quickly follow him to hell ; There , say I sent you , and I hope he's well . Fusb . No ; thou thyself shalt thy own message bear ; and if he be not a man ...
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Page 60 - Of the invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 60 - And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 60 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 60 - Dark-heaving : boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless...
Page 159 - I'll leave you till night: you are welcome to Elsinore. Ros. Good my lord ! [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Ham. Ay, so, God be wi' you : — Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I ! Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit, That, from her working, all his visage wann'd ; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit ?...
Page 60 - Roll on thou deep, and dark blue Ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain, Man marks the earth with ruin— his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Page 166 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Page 225 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her/ What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have...
Page 114 - I am always of easy faith in such matters, and am ever willing to be deceived, where the deceit is pleasant and costs nothing. I am therefore a ready believer in relics, legends, and local anecdotes of goblins and great men ; and would advise all travellers who travel for their gratification to be the same. What is it to us, whether these stories be true or false, so long as we can persuade ourselves into the belief of them, and enjoy all the charm of the reality ? There is nothing like resolute...
Page 138 - I have always observed that the visitors to the abbey remained longest about them. A kinder and fonder feeling takes place of that cold curiosity or vague admiration with which they gaze on the splendid monuments of the great and the heroic. They linger about these as about the tombs of friends and companions ; for indeed there is something of companionship between the author and the reader.