Memoirs of the life of William Shakespeare, with an essay toward the expression of his genius, and an account of the rise and progress of the English dramaLittle, Brown,, 1865 - 425 Seiten |
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... Shake- speare's life and of the earlier records of the English drama , much of it having the slight- est possible connection , and more no connection at all , with the subject , to arrange with com- pactness and coherence that which ...
... Shake- speare's life and of the earlier records of the English drama , much of it having the slight- est possible connection , and more no connection at all , with the subject , to arrange with com- pactness and coherence that which ...
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... Shake- speare were widely known and highly Unlike Ho- mer's , his figure does not loom vaguely from the obscurity of a pre - historic period ; unlike Dante's , it is not revealed by fitful and lurid light amid the convulsions of society ...
... Shake- speare were widely known and highly Unlike Ho- mer's , his figure does not loom vaguely from the obscurity of a pre - historic period ; unlike Dante's , it is not revealed by fitful and lurid light amid the convulsions of society ...
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... Shake- speare's characters , gathered and preserved a few fading but important traditions ; to these the as- siduous investigation of more than a century and a half has added the records of a few other facts * The accomplished and ...
... Shake- speare's characters , gathered and preserved a few fading but important traditions ; to these the as- siduous investigation of more than a century and a half has added the records of a few other facts * The accomplished and ...
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... Shake- speare , after examining the fruit of the laborious researches of men who have wasted sunlight and candles , and worn good eyes , in poring over sen- tences as musty as the parchments on which they are written , and as dry as the ...
... Shake- speare , after examining the fruit of the laborious researches of men who have wasted sunlight and candles , and worn good eyes , in poring over sen- tences as musty as the parchments on which they are written , and as dry as the ...
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... Shake- speare is a corruption of some name of more peace- ful meaning , and therefore mayhap ( so bloody was ambition's very lowest step of old ) of humbler der- ivation ; for in the irregular , phonographic spell- ing of antiquity it ...
... Shake- speare is a corruption of some name of more peace- ful meaning , and therefore mayhap ( so bloody was ambition's very lowest step of old ) of humbler der- ivation ; for in the irregular , phonographic spell- ing of antiquity it ...
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Seite 301 - fore the king, The throne he sits on, nor the tide of pomp That beats upon the high shore of this world, No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous ceremony, Not all these, laid in bed majestical, Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave; Who, with a body fill'd, and vacant mind, -Gets him to rest, cramm'd with distressful bread...
Seite 254 - But, look, the morn, in -russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill...
Seite 36 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Seite 300 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Seite 153 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Seite 87 - The First part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of Yorke and Lancaster...
Seite 217 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Seite 277 - Let him go, Gertrude; do not fear our person: There's such divinity doth hedge a king, That treason can but peep to what it would, Acts little of his will.
Seite 131 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes it was necessary he should be stopped.
Seite 282 - Cassio appears, at the end of the first and the beginning of the second...