The Shakespeare Papers of the Late William MaginnRedfield, 1856 - 353 pages |
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... expressions of praise . Mon- stralet states , in his " Chronicle , " that Falstaff was degraded from the order on account of his dastardly conduct at the battle of Patay , where he and his followers , being struck with terror at the ...
... expressions of praise . Mon- stralet states , in his " Chronicle , " that Falstaff was degraded from the order on account of his dastardly conduct at the battle of Patay , where he and his followers , being struck with terror at the ...
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... expression of countenance , sensuality in the lower features of his face , high intellect in the upper . * * In his Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature , Augustus William Schlegel gives the following opinion of the fat Knight ...
... expression of countenance , sensuality in the lower features of his face , high intellect in the upper . * * In his Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature , Augustus William Schlegel gives the following opinion of the fat Knight ...
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... without , however , over - stepping the boundary line of reality , and that " his individuality becomes , in short , the immediate expression of the comic view of life . " - M . NO . II . - JAQUES . As he passed SIR JOHN FALSTAFF . 45.
... without , however , over - stepping the boundary line of reality , and that " his individuality becomes , in short , the immediate expression of the comic view of life . " - M . NO . II . - JAQUES . As he passed SIR JOHN FALSTAFF . 45.
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... expression than the pungency of their satire . His famous description of the seven ages of man is that of a man who has seen but little to complain of in his career through life . The sorrows of his infant are of the slightest kind ...
... expression than the pungency of their satire . His famous description of the seven ages of man is that of a man who has seen but little to complain of in his career through life . The sorrows of his infant are of the slightest kind ...
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... expression somewhat vulgar , he has had his fun for his money ; and he thinks the bargain so fair and conclusive on both sides , that he has no notion of opening another . His mind is relieved of a thousand anxieties which beset him in ...
... expression somewhat vulgar , he has had his fun for his money ; and he thinks the bargain so fair and conclusive on both sides , that he has no notion of opening another . His mind is relieved of a thousand anxieties which beset him in ...
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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.