The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play : with a General Index Digesting Them Under Proper HeadsPhillips, Sampson, 1854 - 345 pages |
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Page xvi
... speaking of his Venus and Adonis and the Rape of Lucrece , which were the first published efforts of Shakspeare's genius , Mr. Lofft continues : " I think it not easy , with due attention to these poems , to doubt of his having acquired ...
... speaking of his Venus and Adonis and the Rape of Lucrece , which were the first published efforts of Shakspeare's genius , Mr. Lofft continues : " I think it not easy , with due attention to these poems , to doubt of his having acquired ...
Page xxvii
... speak from a window , or appear upon a balcony , or on the walls of a fortress , the requisite ingenuity was wanting to contrive an adequate rep- resentation of the place . But , with regard to the use of scenery , it is scarcely ...
... speak from a window , or appear upon a balcony , or on the walls of a fortress , the requisite ingenuity was wanting to contrive an adequate rep- resentation of the place . But , with regard to the use of scenery , it is scarcely ...
Page xxxv
... speaking to him , ' Cæsar , thou dost me wrong , ' " He replied : ' Cæsar did never wrong , but with just cause , ' " and such like , which were ridiculous . But he redeemed his vices with his virtues ; there were ever more in him to be ...
... speaking to him , ' Cæsar , thou dost me wrong , ' " He replied : ' Cæsar did never wrong , but with just cause , ' " and such like , which were ridiculous . But he redeemed his vices with his virtues ; there were ever more in him to be ...
Page xxxvii
... Speak of my lameness , and I straight will halt . " ❤ This imperfection would necessarily have rendered him unfit to appear as the representative of any characters of youthful ardor , in which rapidity of movement or violence of ...
... Speak of my lameness , and I straight will halt . " ❤ This imperfection would necessarily have rendered him unfit to appear as the representative of any characters of youthful ardor , in which rapidity of movement or violence of ...
Page xl
... speak him confident of suc- cess , the loan of thirty pounds , a sum in those days by no means inconsiderable . Pecuniary emolument and literary reputation were not the only reward that our poet received for his labors : the smiles of ...
... speak him confident of suc- cess , the loan of thirty pounds , a sum in those days by no means inconsiderable . Pecuniary emolument and literary reputation were not the only reward that our poet received for his labors : the smiles of ...
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