Characters of Shakespeare's PlaysWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 229 pages |
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... circumstances she would probably have shown pa- tience in suffering . The deliberate sacrifice of all other con- siderations to the gaining " for their future days and nights sole sovereign sway and masterdom , " by the murder of Duncan ...
... circumstances she would probably have shown pa- tience in suffering . The deliberate sacrifice of all other con- siderations to the gaining " for their future days and nights sole sovereign sway and masterdom , " by the murder of Duncan ...
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... circumstance will account for the abruptness and violent antitheses of the style , the throes and labor which run through the expression , and from defects will turn them into beauties . " So fair and foul a day I have not seen , " & c ...
... circumstance will account for the abruptness and violent antitheses of the style , the throes and labor which run through the expression , and from defects will turn them into beauties . " So fair and foul a day I have not seen , " & c ...
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... circumstance in the passage itself . If to invent according to nature be the true definition of genius , Shakspeare had ... circumstances , with real hearts of flesh and blood beating in their bosoms . No two of his charac- ters are the ...
... circumstance in the passage itself . If to invent according to nature be the true definition of genius , Shakspeare had ... circumstances , with real hearts of flesh and blood beating in their bosoms . No two of his charac- ters are the ...
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... circumstances , in his MACBETH and Richard III . Both are ty- rants , usurpers , murderers , both violent and ambitious , both courageous , cruel , treacherous . But Richard is cruel from nature and constitution . Macbeth becomes so ...
... circumstances , in his MACBETH and Richard III . Both are ty- rants , usurpers , murderers , both violent and ambitious , both courageous , cruel , treacherous . But Richard is cruel from nature and constitution . Macbeth becomes so ...
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... circumstance that occurs as an instru- ment of his long - reaching designs . In his last extremity we can only regard him as a captured wild beast , but we never en- tirely lose our concern for Macbeth , and he calls back all our ...
... circumstance that occurs as an instru- ment of his long - reaching designs . In his last extremity we can only regard him as a captured wild beast , but we never en- tirely lose our concern for Macbeth , and he calls back all our ...
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