Studies of Shakespeare in the Plays of King John, Cymbeline, Macbeth, As You Like It, Much Ado about Nothing, Romeo and Juliet: With Observations on the Criticism and the Acting of Those Plays |
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... passionate indignation , melted and thrilled us with the awfully beautiful despair , of Constance of Bretagne , in that stately historic play , infuse into the part of Rosalind all the tender though lively grace which the poet has made ...
... passionate indignation , melted and thrilled us with the awfully beautiful despair , of Constance of Bretagne , in that stately historic play , infuse into the part of Rosalind all the tender though lively grace which the poet has made ...
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... passion . " But the contrary of all this inherent pride and self - will which the critic alleges , appears in the poet's delineation . It is the mild language of gratitude and patience that we first hear from Constance , in the scene ...
... passion . " But the contrary of all this inherent pride and self - will which the critic alleges , appears in the poet's delineation . It is the mild language of gratitude and patience that we first hear from Constance , in the scene ...
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... passion and imagination . " Here seems to us to lie a radical error , that of re- garding the " excess of the ideal power , " the predomi- nance of passion and imagination , as productive of " the most splendid poetry . " For the very ...
... passion and imagination . " Here seems to us to lie a radical error , that of re- garding the " excess of the ideal power , " the predomi- nance of passion and imagination , as productive of " the most splendid poetry . " For the very ...
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... passions , a widowed mother's boundless and idolatrous love , puts her rich and lively fancy into most active play ... passionate , the ten- der , " show that she felt and appreciated the essential tenderness of the character more fully ...
... passions , a widowed mother's boundless and idolatrous love , puts her rich and lively fancy into most active play ... passionate , the ten- der , " show that she felt and appreciated the essential tenderness of the character more fully ...
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... passion- ate , and poetic - the noble and vigorous nature of Constance . . Here , again , we turn , for an illustration , to Mrs. Siddons's performance of the part . It seems well established , by the concurring testimony of all who ...
... passion- ate , and poetic - the noble and vigorous nature of Constance . . Here , again , we turn , for an illustration , to Mrs. Siddons's performance of the part . It seems well established , by the concurring testimony of all who ...
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