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Page 34
... better than if it had been demon- strated to him by a logical diagram , merely from seeing children paddle in the dirt or kill flies for sport . Iago in fact belongs to a class of character , common to Shakespear and at the same time ...
... better than if it had been demon- strated to him by a logical diagram , merely from seeing children paddle in the dirt or kill flies for sport . Iago in fact belongs to a class of character , common to Shakespear and at the same time ...
Page 35
... better thing than watching the palpitations in the heart of a flea in a microscope ; who plots the ruin of his friends as an exercise for his ingenuity , and stabs men in the dark to prevent ennui . His gaiety , such as it is , arises ...
... better thing than watching the palpitations in the heart of a flea in a microscope ; who plots the ruin of his friends as an exercise for his ingenuity , and stabs men in the dark to prevent ennui . His gaiety , such as it is , arises ...
Page 42
... better than to abhor himself . " This is not the case with Timon , who neither loves to abhor himself nor others . All his vehement misanthropy is forced , up - hill work . From the slippery turns of fortune , from the turmoils of ...
... better than to abhor himself . " This is not the case with Timon , who neither loves to abhor himself nor others . All his vehement misanthropy is forced , up - hill work . From the slippery turns of fortune , from the turmoils of ...
Page 48
... better good will for all you , than I did when I was against you , ' knowing that they fight more valiantly who know the force of the ' enemy , than such as have never proved it . And if it be so that thou ' dare not , and that thou art ...
... better good will for all you , than I did when I was against you , ' knowing that they fight more valiantly who know the force of the ' enemy , than such as have never proved it . And if it be so that thou ' dare not , and that thou art ...
Page 79
... better assurance , tell them that I , Pyramus , am not Pyramus , but Bottom the Weaver : this will put them out of fear . " Bottom seems to have understood the subject of dramatic illusion at least as well as any modern essayist . If ...
... better assurance , tell them that I , Pyramus , am not Pyramus , but Bottom the Weaver : this will put them out of fear . " Bottom seems to have understood the subject of dramatic illusion at least as well as any modern essayist . If ...
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