The British Essayists: The ObserverJ. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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Page 110
... witches , who salute Macbeth with their divinations , and in three solemn prophe- tic gratulations hail him Thane of Glamis , Thane of Cawdor , and King hereafter ! By Sinel's death I know I'm Thane of Glamis ; But how of Cawdor ? One ...
... witches , who salute Macbeth with their divinations , and in three solemn prophe- tic gratulations hail him Thane of Glamis , Thane of Cawdor , and King hereafter ! By Sinel's death I know I'm Thane of Glamis ; But how of Cawdor ? One ...
Page 116
... witches , and the natural influence , which so high and predominant a spirit asserts over the tamer qualities of her husband , makes those witches but secondary agents for bringing about the main action of the drama . This is well worth ...
... witches , and the natural influence , which so high and predominant a spirit asserts over the tamer qualities of her husband , makes those witches but secondary agents for bringing about the main action of the drama . This is well worth ...
Page 117
... witches ; she welcomes him with confirmed predictions , with the tempting salutations of ambition , not with the softening caresses of a wife- Mach . Duncan comes here to - night . Lady . And when goes hence ? Macb . To - morrow , as he ...
... witches ; she welcomes him with confirmed predictions , with the tempting salutations of ambition , not with the softening caresses of a wife- Mach . Duncan comes here to - night . Lady . And when goes hence ? Macb . To - morrow , as he ...
Page 120
... witches : it would be injustice to suppose that this was other than a purposed omission by the poet ; a weaker genius would have resorted back to these instruments . Shakspeare had used and laid them aside for a time ; he had a stronger ...
... witches : it would be injustice to suppose that this was other than a purposed omission by the poet ; a weaker genius would have resorted back to these instruments . Shakspeare had used and laid them aside for a time ; he had a stronger ...
Page 125
... witches , to which no refer- ence had been made in the heat of the main action , are now called to mind with many circumstances of galling aggravation , not only as to the prophecy , which gave the crown to the posterity of Banquo , but ...
... witches , to which no refer- ence had been made in the heat of the main action , are now called to mind with many circumstances of galling aggravation , not only as to the prophecy , which gave the crown to the posterity of Banquo , but ...
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Page 111 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
Page 116 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Page 222 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 86 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 149 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 92 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 121 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Page 126 - 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...
Page 77 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 91 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.