Christopher Marlowe

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American Book Company, 1912 - 426 Seiten
 

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Seite 47 - Bloody and insatiate Tamburlaine! To thrust his doting father from his chair, And place himself in the empyreal Heaven, Moved me to manage arms against thy state. What better precedent than mighty Jove ? Nature that framed us of four elements, Warring within our breasts for regiment, Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds:
Seite 175 - All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command: emperors and kings Are but obeyed in their several provinces, Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds; But his dominion that exceeds in this Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man, A sound magician is a mighty god: 60 Here, Faustus,
Seite 398 - by Cunningham to complete the line. 129 :87-88. Helen (... Tenedos). Cf. Doctor Faustus, xiii, 91-92: " Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Seite 177 - for my head But ruminates on necromantic skill. Philosophy is odious and obscure, Both law and physic are for petty wits; Divinity is basest of the three, Unpleasant, harsh, contemptible, and vile: Tis magic, magic that hath ravished me. Then, gentle friends, aid me in this attempt; And I that have with concise syllogisms
Seite 181 - Enter MEPHISTOPHILES I charge thee to return and change thy shape; Thou art too ugly to attend on me. Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape becomes a devil best. [Exit MEPH. I see there's virtue in my heavenly words; Who would not be proficient in this art? How pliant is this Mephistophiles,
Seite 177 - If learned Faustus will be resolute. Corn. The miracles that magic will perform Will make thee vow to study nothing else. He that is grounded in astrology, Enriched with tongues, well seen in minerals, Hath all the principles magic doth require. Then doubt not, Faustus, but to be renowned, And more frequented for this mystery
Seite 182 - Faust. And what are you that live with Lucifer? Meph. Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, Conspired against our God with Lucifer, And are for ever damned with Lucifer. Faust. Where are you damned ? Meph. In hell. Faust. How comes it then that thou art out of hell ? Meph. Why this is hell, nor am I out of
Seite 390 - K. Edw. These looks of thine can harbour nought but death: I see my tragedy written in thy brows. Yet stay; awhile forbear thy bloody hand, And let me see the stroke before it conies, That even then when I shall lose my life, My mind may be more
Seite 189 - And Faustus hath bequeathed his soul to Lucifer. But what is this inscription on mine arm ? Homo, fuge! Whither should I fly ? If unto God, he'll throw me down to hell. My senses are deceived; here's nothing writ — I see it plain; here in this place is writ So Homo,fuge! Yet shall not Faustus fly.
Seite 228 - Than thus to pour out plenty in their laps, Ripping the bowels of the earth for them, Making the sea[s] their servants, and the winds To drive their substance with successful blasts ? Who hateth me but for my happiness ? Or who is honoured now but for his wealth ? Rather had I } a

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Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury, England on February 6, 1564. He received a B.A. in 1584 and an M.A. in 1587 from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His original plans for a religious career were put aside when he decided to become a poet and playwright. His earliest work was translating Lucan and Ovid from Latin into English. He translated Vergil's Aeneid as a play. His plays included Tamburlaine the Great, Faustus, The Jew of Malta, and Dido, Queen of Carthage. His unfinished poem Hero and Leander was published in 1598. In 1589, he and a friend killed a man, but were acquitted on a plea of self-defense. His political views were unorthodox, and he was thought to be a government secret agent. He was arrested in May 1593 on a charge of atheism. He was killed in a brawl in a Deptford tavern on May 30, 1593.

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