ShakspereMacmillan, 1893 - 167 pages |
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Page 6
... moral allegory , enlivened by grotesque incidents . Out of this rude early drama had grown , by the time that ... morals were in general founded upon classical mythology , and were often meant as elaborate compliments to the Queen or ...
... moral allegory , enlivened by grotesque incidents . Out of this rude early drama had grown , by the time that ... morals were in general founded upon classical mythology , and were often meant as elaborate compliments to the Queen or ...
Page 8
... morality , it was said , suffered through temp- tations offered by the place and the occasion . times of plague , stricken persons and persons who had but partially recovered , carried infection with them to the theatres , and so spread ...
... morality , it was said , suffered through temp- tations offered by the place and the occasion . times of plague , stricken persons and persons who had but partially recovered , carried infection with them to the theatres , and so spread ...
Page 39
... moral reach , in true justice , in charity , in self - control , in all that indicates forti- tude of will , the writings of the mature Shakspere excel , in an extraordinary degree , those of his younger self . 29. Verse Tests . — But ...
... moral reach , in true justice , in charity , in self - control , in all that indicates forti- tude of will , the writings of the mature Shakspere excel , in an extraordinary degree , those of his younger self . 29. Verse Tests . — But ...
Page 77
... in Queen Margaret ; the great Duke of York dies ; but his place is filled by the portentous figure of Richard , so terrible by his energy , his dis- regard of moral restraint , and his remorseless hatred of VI . ] 77 HIS PLAYS AND POEMS .
... in Queen Margaret ; the great Duke of York dies ; but his place is filled by the portentous figure of Richard , so terrible by his energy , his dis- regard of moral restraint , and his remorseless hatred of VI . ] 77 HIS PLAYS AND POEMS .
Page 78
Edward Dowden. regard of moral restraint , and his remorseless hatred of those who are opposed to him . Henry is the feeblest of Shakspere's English kings : possessed of that negative kind of saintliness which shuns evil , but shunning ...
Edward Dowden. regard of moral restraint , and his remorseless hatred of those who are opposed to him . Henry is the feeblest of Shakspere's English kings : possessed of that negative kind of saintliness which shuns evil , but shunning ...
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