New Illustrations of the Life, Studies, and Writings of Shakespeare, Volume 2J. B. Nichols and Son, 1845 |
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... critic in English history sits down to the investigation of the occurrences of that dark period of which Shakespeare wrote . He is not , nor did he pretend to be , a critic in history , or over - exact in the arrangement of the ...
... critic in English history sits down to the investigation of the occurrences of that dark period of which Shakespeare wrote . He is not , nor did he pretend to be , a critic in history , or over - exact in the arrangement of the ...
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... critics , and Mr. T. P. Courtenay of the later , have done the most in this depart- ment . They have indeed done ... criticism , this is the great fault of Mr. Douce's Illustrations . But then he placed honestly in the title - page that ...
... critics , and Mr. T. P. Courtenay of the later , have done the most in this depart- ment . They have indeed done ... criticism , this is the great fault of Mr. Douce's Illustrations . But then he placed honestly in the title - page that ...
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... critics in history . may Having ventured so far to transgress the rule which I have laid down for the limitation of the province of legitimate criticism on the historical dramas , I shall venture one step further , and introduce a ...
... critics in history . may Having ventured so far to transgress the rule which I have laid down for the limitation of the province of legitimate criticism on the historical dramas , I shall venture one step further , and introduce a ...
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... critics are found speaking of the abuse of the ve- nerable name of the good Lord Cobham on the stage , it is not easy to determine whether they are alluding to the plays of Shakespeare , or to those of earlier or other dramatists , in ...
... critics are found speaking of the abuse of the ve- nerable name of the good Lord Cobham on the stage , it is not easy to determine whether they are alluding to the plays of Shakespeare , or to those of earlier or other dramatists , in ...
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... criticism of Cole- ridge on the passage quoted from the Comus , which is singu- larly elegant , and has never , I believe , been given in any of the books which contain his Notes of Lectures or his Conver- sations . He regarded the ...
... criticism of Cole- ridge on the passage quoted from the Comus , which is singu- larly elegant , and has never , I believe , been given in any of the books which contain his Notes of Lectures or his Conver- sations . He regarded the ...
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Page 191 - She should have died hereafter; There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Page 206 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 57 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home ; Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad ; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds...
Page 174 - AS thou art in desire ? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem ; Letting I dare not wait upon I would, Like the poor cat i
Page 164 - 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 13 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 337 - In the white curtain, to and fro, She saw the gusty shadow sway. But when the moon was very low, And wild winds bound within their cell, The shadow of the poplar fell Upon her bed, across her brow. She only said, " The night is dreary, He cometh not," she said; She said, " I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 175 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 175 - And we'll not fail. When Duncan is asleep, (Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey Soundly invite him), his two chamberlains Will I with wine and...
Page 18 - To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable; and humour'd thus Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!