The Shakespeare Papers of the Late William MaginnRedfield, 1856 - 353 pages |
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... character of Polonius — almost in- variably represented , on the stage , as a dotard - is more in ac- cord with the estimate usually formed by those who read the tragedy of Hamlet . So , also , the idea of Romeo , as a sort of " Murad ...
... character of Polonius — almost in- variably represented , on the stage , as a dotard - is more in ac- cord with the estimate usually formed by those who read the tragedy of Hamlet . So , also , the idea of Romeo , as a sort of " Murad ...
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... character of Hamlet ? ' I have often thought of it , ' he said , ' but never could make up my mind to it . I am afraid of him . ' " On another occasion Maginn said , " I think Shakespeare intended The Tempest to be nothing more than a ...
... character of Hamlet ? ' I have often thought of it , ' he said , ' but never could make up my mind to it . I am afraid of him . ' " On another occasion Maginn said , " I think Shakespeare intended The Tempest to be nothing more than a ...
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... character , by a bold and free paraphrase of his actual history . " He says , " So striking and impressive are the individuality and life of the character , that it has been suggested that the Poet had the aid of traditionary knowledge ...
... character , by a bold and free paraphrase of his actual history . " He says , " So striking and impressive are the individuality and life of the character , that it has been suggested that the Poet had the aid of traditionary knowledge ...
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... character , and shake off his dissolute companions , his own ex- perience and the caution of Poins instruct him that if the thing be not done on the heat - if the old master - spirit be allowed one moment's ground of vantage - the game ...
... character , and shake off his dissolute companions , his own ex- perience and the caution of Poins instruct him that if the thing be not done on the heat - if the old master - spirit be allowed one moment's ground of vantage - the game ...
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... character . But he can not so continue ; and the last words he addresses to him whom he had intended to have cursed altogether , hold forth a promise of ad- vancement , with an affectionate assurance that it will be such as is suitable ...
... character . But he can not so continue ; and the last words he addresses to him whom he had intended to have cursed altogether , hold forth a promise of ad- vancement , with an affectionate assurance that it will be such as is suitable ...
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Page 101 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Page 52 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 259 - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Page 52 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 159 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 231 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam, — purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance...
Page 211 - 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 231 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 188 - Wherefore did you so ? Macb. Who can be wise, amazed, temperate, and furious, Loyal, and neutral, in a moment ? No man : The expedition of my violent love Outran the pauser reason. — Here lay Duncan, His silver skin laced with his golden blood ; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature For ruin's wasteful entrance...
Page 152 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.