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... reason to think , that on this point I have been mistaken ; and that some misapprehen- sion does exist , relative to the object I have had in view . I am quite aware " that the work derives its chief interest from the subject ; as it ...
... reason to think , that on this point I have been mistaken ; and that some misapprehen- sion does exist , relative to the object I have had in view . I am quite aware " that the work derives its chief interest from the subject ; as it ...
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... reason that Shak- speare's wicked women have such a singular hold upon our fancy , is from the consistent preservation of the feminine character , which renders them more terrible , because more credible and intelligible ; not like ...
... reason that Shak- speare's wicked women have such a singular hold upon our fancy , is from the consistent preservation of the feminine character , which renders them more terrible , because more credible and intelligible ; not like ...
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... reason , and her love for her husband , combine at this critical moment to conquer all fear but the fear of detection , leaving her the full pos- session of her faculties . Recollect that the same woman who speaks with such horrible ...
... reason , and her love for her husband , combine at this critical moment to conquer all fear but the fear of detection , leaving her the full pos- session of her faculties . Recollect that the same woman who speaks with such horrible ...
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... reason always may be found in some higher beauty and more universal truth . ALDA . I have proved this , I think , by placing parallel with the dramatic character all the historic testimony I could col- 1 lect relative to Constance ...
... reason always may be found in some higher beauty and more universal truth . ALDA . I have proved this , I think , by placing parallel with the dramatic character all the historic testimony I could col- 1 lect relative to Constance ...
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... reason or persuasion . She begins by an appeal to his mercy , in that matchless piece of eloquence which , with an irresistible and solemn pathos , falls upon the heart like " gentle dew from heaven : " -- but in vain ; for that bless ...
... reason or persuasion . She begins by an appeal to his mercy , in that matchless piece of eloquence which , with an irresistible and solemn pathos , falls upon the heart like " gentle dew from heaven : " -- but in vain ; for that bless ...
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Page 67 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 366 - Like the poor cat i' the adage? Macb. Prithee, peace I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Lady M. What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man.
Page 344 - Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 55 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 364 - 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 139 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Page 238 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 142 - Say there be; Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes.
Page 269 - tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors Will catch at us, like strumpets ; and scald rhymers Ballad us out o' tune : the quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and present Our Alexandrian revels : Antony Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I
Page 133 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.