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... things , made no impression on him : he seized only on the permanent and tangible . He had no idea of natural objects but " such as he could measure with a two - foot rule , or tell upon ten fingers " : he judged of human nature in the ...
... things , made no impression on him : he seized only on the permanent and tangible . He had no idea of natural objects but " such as he could measure with a two - foot rule , or tell upon ten fingers " : he judged of human nature in the ...
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... things upon the mind . What he represents is brought home to the bosom as a part of our experience , implanted in the memory as if we had known the places , persons , and things of which he treats . MACBETH is like a record of a ...
... things upon the mind . What he represents is brought home to the bosom as a part of our experience , implanted in the memory as if we had known the places , persons , and things of which he treats . MACBETH is like a record of a ...
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... thing but his own ends , and the means to secure them . - Not so Mac- beth . The superstitions of the age , the rude state of society , the local scenery and customs , all give a wildness and imaginary grandeur to his character . From ...
... thing but his own ends , and the means to secure them . - Not so Mac- beth . The superstitions of the age , the rude state of society , the local scenery and customs , all give a wildness and imaginary grandeur to his character . From ...
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... thing . Such men as he be never at heart's ease , Whilst they behold a greater than themselves ; And therefore are they very dangerous . I rather tell thee what is to be fear'd Than what I fear ; for always I am Cæsar . Come on my right ...
... thing . Such men as he be never at heart's ease , Whilst they behold a greater than themselves ; And therefore are they very dangerous . I rather tell thee what is to be fear'd Than what I fear ; for always I am Cæsar . Come on my right ...
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... thing , That other men begin . " His scepticism as to prodigies and his moralising on the weather- " This disturbed sky is not to walk in " are in the same spirit of refined imbecility . Shakespear has in this play and elsewhere shewn ...
... thing , That other men begin . " His scepticism as to prodigies and his moralising on the weather- " This disturbed sky is not to walk in " are in the same spirit of refined imbecility . Shakespear has in this play and elsewhere shewn ...
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admirable affections Antony Apemantus appear Banquo beauty Bolingbroke breath Brutus Cæsar Caliban character Chaucer circumstances Claudio comedy Cordelia Coriolanus critic CYMBELINE death delight Desdemona dost doth dramatic equal eyes Falstaff fancy fear feeling fool friends genius give Gonerill grace grave Hamlet hast hath hear heart heaven Henry honour Hubert human humour Iago imagination interest Juliet king lady Lear live look lord Macbeth Malvolio manner Mark Antony MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM mind moral nature never night noble o'er objects Othello passages passion person pity play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry prince refined Regan revenge Richard Richard III Romeo ROMEO AND JULIET scene sense sentiment Shakespear shew Sir Toby sleep soul speak speech spirit story striking style sweet tender thee thing thou art thought Titus Andronicus tragedy true truth words writer Yorkshire Tragedy youth