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... give the preference to the earlier of these two remarkable tragedies . In the Preface to The Revenge ' material instruction , elegant and sententious excitation to Virtue , and deflexion from her contrary ' are described by Chapman as ...
... give the preference to the earlier of these two remarkable tragedies . In the Preface to The Revenge ' material instruction , elegant and sententious excitation to Virtue , and deflexion from her contrary ' are described by Chapman as ...
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... gives d'Aumont an account of the Marshal's visit to the English Court . Here , though a long speech by Elisabeth is recited by the narrator , the warning proceeds not from the Queen but from ' a Councillor Of great and eminent name ...
... gives d'Aumont an account of the Marshal's visit to the English Court . Here , though a long speech by Elisabeth is recited by the narrator , the warning proceeds not from the Queen but from ' a Councillor Of great and eminent name ...
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... give the idea an artificial completeness , made part of a painfully clever conceit , and Biron says of himself and the King : 2 e . g . · My spirit as yet , but stooping to his rest , Shines hotly in him , as the Sun in clouds , Purpled ...
... give the idea an artificial completeness , made part of a painfully clever conceit , and Biron says of himself and the King : 2 e . g . · My spirit as yet , but stooping to his rest , Shines hotly in him , as the Sun in clouds , Purpled ...
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... gives evidence , cannot be explained except on one of two hypo- theses . Either Chapman had at some time of his life visited Germany and mastered its language , or he was assisted by a German writer in the composition of the tragedy . I ...
... gives evidence , cannot be explained except on one of two hypo- theses . Either Chapman had at some time of his life visited Germany and mastered its language , or he was assisted by a German writer in the composition of the tragedy . I ...
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... give a luxurious tone to this play not ill - adapted to its subject , which is that of an Oriental palace - plot . Almanzor Caliph of Arabia has two sons by different wives . The younger son ( Abrahen ) , in order to effect the ruin of ...
... give a luxurious tone to this play not ill - adapted to its subject , which is that of an Oriental palace - plot . Almanzor Caliph of Arabia has two sons by different wives . The younger son ( Abrahen ) , in order to effect the ruin 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.