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... lady of her Court , to whom she finally ad- ministered a box on the ear . The scene was of course omitted from the printed copy . CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL CHARACTER . his publications , which included translations 4 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
... lady of her Court , to whom she finally ad- ministered a box on the ear . The scene was of course omitted from the printed copy . CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL CHARACTER . his publications , which included translations 4 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
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... lady , is met by the husband , and though in a combat he hath Montsurry down , ' is killed by pistol - shots fired by the hirelings of his other enemies . Montsurry seems to forgive his wife , though turning away from her for ever ...
... lady , is met by the husband , and though in a combat he hath Montsurry down , ' is killed by pistol - shots fired by the hirelings of his other enemies . Montsurry seems to forgive his wife , though turning away from her for ever ...
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... lady of the higher class are here evidently drawn to the life . The most celebrated personage in the play however is young Dowsecer , whose eloquent mis- anthropy has a touch in it of Hamlet , though the trivi- ality of the plot admits ...
... lady of the higher class are here evidently drawn to the life . The most celebrated personage in the play however is young Dowsecer , whose eloquent mis- anthropy has a touch in it of Hamlet , though the trivi- ality of the plot admits ...
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... lady to whom he has devoted his chivalrous service - bound to her by one of those artificial ties of courtesy with which in the Middle Ages the Provence , where the comedy may be supposed to play , was familiar - has in revenge for her ...
... lady to whom he has devoted his chivalrous service - bound to her by one of those artificial ties of courtesy with which in the Middle Ages the Provence , where the comedy may be supposed to play , was familiar - has in revenge for her ...
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... lady of the Court ; and he is thus enabled to wind up the comedy with a witty speech about ' raising fortunes , ' the point of which was not likely to be lost by an audience in those days of knights adventurers and humbler species of ...
... lady of the Court ; and he is thus enabled to wind up the comedy with a witty speech about ' raising fortunes , ' the point of which was not likely to be lost by an audience in those days of knights adventurers and humbler species of ...
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Page 230 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy...
Page 527 - O gracious God! how far have we Profaned thy heavenly gift of Poesy! Made prostitute and profligate the Muse, Debased to each obscene and impious use, Whose harmony was first ordained above, For tongues of angels and for hymns of love!
Page 204 - All, all of a piece throughout ; Thy chase had a beast in view : Thy wars brought nothing about ; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.
Page 78 - Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended from 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, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy musiC. This is all we know of them. Except Hecate, they have no names ; which heightens their mysteriousness.
Page 77 - 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 power over the soul.