The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots and characters; and essays on the ancient theatres and theatrical usages |
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... feelings of society was early discovered , and its importance acknowledged by the attention of government to its progress . As early as the reign of Henry VIII . there were legislative enactments upon the subject , royal proclamations ...
... feelings of society was early discovered , and its importance acknowledged by the attention of government to its progress . As early as the reign of Henry VIII . there were legislative enactments upon the subject , royal proclamations ...
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... feeling di- minished even his philological merits . He often rejected readings both of the quartos and the folios for the adoption of others which har- monised , as he thought , a line previously halt- ing in the measure . He loved only ...
... feeling di- minished even his philological merits . He often rejected readings both of the quartos and the folios for the adoption of others which har- monised , as he thought , a line previously halt- ing in the measure . He loved only ...
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... feeling , and he had not the wit and taste of his rival . In knowledge they were equals . Steevens had his acquirements at his free and immediate command . He applies them on all occasions with perfect facility , unencumbered by their ...
... feeling , and he had not the wit and taste of his rival . In knowledge they were equals . Steevens had his acquirements at his free and immediate command . He applies them on all occasions with perfect facility , unencumbered by their ...
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... feeling and manly conduct when Hubert is accused of the murder of Arthurt , and by as- signing him some of the most animated sen- tences in the play . Of his appeal to the cou- rage , pride , and glory of John ‡ ; his bold defi- ance of ...
... feeling and manly conduct when Hubert is accused of the murder of Arthurt , and by as- signing him some of the most animated sen- tences in the play . Of his appeal to the cou- rage , pride , and glory of John ‡ ; his bold defi- ance of ...
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... feelings of humanity , and consistent with the claims of justice . " After his coronation , King Henry called unto him all those young lords and gen- tlemen who were the followers of his young acts , to every one of whom he gave rich ...
... feelings of humanity , and consistent with the claims of justice . " After his coronation , King Henry called unto him all those young lords and gen- tlemen who were the followers of his young acts , to every one of whom he gave rich ...
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Página 193 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night', Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day, And with thy bloody and invisible hand, Cancel, and tear to pieces, that great bond Which keeps me pale ! — Light thickens ; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood : Good things of day begin to droop and drowse, Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Página 159 - tis strange : And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths : Win -us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence.
Página 65 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Página 234 - In her days, every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants ; and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Página 260 - With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries ; The honey bags steal from the humble-bees, And, for night-tapers, crop their waxen thighs, And light them at the fiery glowworm's eyes...
Página 269 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 254 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Página 156 - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down ; and, as they say, Lamentings heard i...
Página 73 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Página 153 - I'll sup. Farewell. Poins. Farewell, my lord. [Exit POINS. P. Hen. I know you all, and will a while uphold The unyok'd humour of your idleness : Yet herein will I imitate the sun, Who doth permit the base contagious clouds ' To smother up his beauty from the world...