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... hero of the earlier of them , is a vigorous child of nature , nobly- born , but with no fortune except such as his own strength of character and his sword may carve out for him . Intro- 1 Marlowe's Massacre at Paris . Cf. vol . i . p ...
... hero of the earlier of them , is a vigorous child of nature , nobly- born , but with no fortune except such as his own strength of character and his sword may carve out for him . Intro- 1 Marlowe's Massacre at Paris . Cf. vol . i . p ...
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... hero of the play - a character totally different from that of the other brother ' . He is a ' Senecal man , ' a philosopher who contemns the minions by whom he is surrounded . Yet he is not the less brave because he can ' contain ' his ...
... hero of the play - a character totally different from that of the other brother ' . He is a ' Senecal man , ' a philosopher who contemns the minions by whom he is surrounded . Yet he is not the less brave because he can ' contain ' his ...
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... hero sufficiently interesting to warrant so wide a canvas . The one note of his character is overbearing arrogance ; and there is hardly any variation in the way in which this quality is displayed till quite at the close , when , with ...
... hero sufficiently interesting to warrant so wide a canvas . The one note of his character is overbearing arrogance ; and there is hardly any variation in the way in which this quality is displayed till quite at the close , when , with ...
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... hero in the meshes of treasonable intrigue . The villainous Lafin , whose double treachery finally ruins the Marshal , is a commonplace intri- guer ; and there is no other character of interest . Some of the scenes are effective - as ...
... hero in the meshes of treasonable intrigue . The villainous Lafin , whose double treachery finally ruins the Marshal , is a commonplace intri- guer ; and there is no other character of interest . Some of the scenes are effective - as ...
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... hero assumes the dis- guise and the tongue of a Fleming ; and other instances might be cited for the introduction of a character speaking a foreign language . The peculiarity of Princess ' Hedewick's ' and the ' bowrs ' German is its ...
... hero assumes the dis- guise and the tongue of a Fleming ; and other instances might be cited for the introduction of a character speaking a foreign language . The peculiarity of Princess ' Hedewick's ' and the ' bowrs ' German is its ...
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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.