 | British periodicals - 1808 - 704 pages
...has a son, a low buffoon: the liagsof Shakspeare have neither child of ilieir own, nor seem to b« descended from any parent. They are foul anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are, nor whether they hav* beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...exeunt. 58 Though some resemblance may be traced between the Charms in Macbeth, and the Incantations m this Play, which is supposed to have preceded it,...foul Anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprang, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...Middleton by essential differences. These are creatures to whom man or woman plotting some dire mischief1 might resort for occasional consultation. Those originate...they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come %ith thnnder and lightning, and... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English drama - 1813 - 502 pages
...have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended tVoin any parent. They are foul Anomaliei, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether...they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...those have power over the soul.—Hecate in Middleton has a son, a low buffoon: the hags of Shakespear have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...trusted to themselves, and moral philosophy lose the name of a science. THOMAS MIDDLETON. The Witch. — Though some resemblance may be traced between the...they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...begin bad impulses to men. From the moment that their eyes first meet with Macbeth's he is spell bound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break...any parent. They are foul anomalies, of whom we know not'whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without "human passions,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...Middleton has a son, alow buffoon: the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to he descended from any parent. They are foul anomalies,...they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...of the English Dramatic Poets, by Charles Lamb, we transcribe the author's note upon this subject. " Though some resemblance may be traced between the...they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...have power over the soul. — Hecate, in Middleton, has a son, a low buffoon : the Hags of Shakespear have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...are foul anomalies, of whom we know not whence they sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem... | |
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Those originate deeds of blood, and begin bad impulses to men. From the moment that their eyes first meet with Macbeth's, he is spell-bound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination. These witches can hurt the body, those have... 
