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Page 15
... allowed , too much of what King Henry humorously calls ( in Savoy ) ' wit of the true Pierian spring That can make any thing of any thing ' . ' And the author appears too anxious to introduce illustra- tions of his own learning , which ...
... allowed , too much of what King Henry humorously calls ( in Savoy ) ' wit of the true Pierian spring That can make any thing of any thing ' . ' And the author appears too anxious to introduce illustra- tions of his own learning , which ...
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... allowed to have possessed a real though not a very fertile vein . His strength But the strength of Chapman lies in particular passages to be sought rather than in his plays as a whole . With the exception of Shakspere ( ' always except ...
... allowed to have possessed a real though not a very fertile vein . His strength But the strength of Chapman lies in particular passages to be sought rather than in his plays as a whole . With the exception of Shakspere ( ' always except ...
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... allowed the virtuous as well as the vicious son of Fortunatus to come to grief . Among the minor characters may be noticed the honest serving - man Shadow , who is the clown of the piece , and the ' frantic lover ' Orleans , the drawing ...
... allowed the virtuous as well as the vicious son of Fortunatus to come to grief . Among the minor characters may be noticed the honest serving - man Shadow , who is the clown of the piece , and the ' frantic lover ' Orleans , the drawing ...
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... allowed to the chosen champion of a clique who , though a Dunciad had been launched against them , were in the Satiromastix by no means represented by a dunce . Dekker was in too great a hurry , or his inventive powers were too unequal ...
... allowed to the chosen champion of a clique who , though a Dunciad had been launched against them , were in the Satiromastix by no means represented by a dunce . Dekker was in too great a hurry , or his inventive powers were too unequal ...
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... allowed that the lesson is brought home not only with the utmost directness of speech , but also with unmistakeable honesty of purpose . But the plots of both Parts are rudely constructed ; the parallel scenes of the Bedlam in Part I ...
... allowed that the lesson is brought home not only with the utmost directness of speech , but also with unmistakeable honesty of purpose . But the plots of both Parts are rudely constructed ; the parallel scenes of the Bedlam in Part I ...
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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.