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... ' a liberal sufferance of the author's ' speech ' becomes at times barely possible . Ingenious and often most felicitous similes and meta- 1 Conspiracy , act iii . CAESAR AND POMPEY . 15 phors of the kind already 14 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
... ' a liberal sufferance of the author's ' speech ' becomes at times barely possible . Ingenious and often most felicitous similes and meta- 1 Conspiracy , act iii . CAESAR AND POMPEY . 15 phors of the kind already 14 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
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... kind , it cannot be said that Chapman's effort is in any way remarkable ; the lyrics are indeed poor . 29 The Mask of the Mid- dle Temple and Lin- ( Feb.1613 ) . coln's Inn with other But , like most of his contemporaries , he was ...
... kind , it cannot be said that Chapman's effort is in any way remarkable ; the lyrics are indeed poor . 29 The Mask of the Mid- dle Temple and Lin- ( Feb.1613 ) . coln's Inn with other But , like most of his contemporaries , he was ...
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... smiles , The dews of morning , or the tears of night Can root her fibres in the earth again , Or make her bosom kind , to growth and bearing , But the tree withers . ' ( v . 3. ) D the comedies or tragedies written by him alone are com-
... smiles , The dews of morning , or the tears of night Can root her fibres in the earth again , Or make her bosom kind , to growth and bearing , But the tree withers . ' ( v . 3. ) D the comedies or tragedies written by him alone are com-
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... kind . But this influence is not so marked as might be expected ; and both in tragedy and in comedy he shows a strong sense of the importance of situation , though to that of the progress of action he is not always sufficiently alive ...
... kind . But this influence is not so marked as might be expected ; and both in tragedy and in comedy he shows a strong sense of the importance of situation , though to that of the progress of action he is not always sufficiently alive ...
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... kind of material . Finally , after the quotations which I have incidentally permitted myself , it will be needless to speak at length of the extreme beauty of Chapman's versification . Some of his earlier plays show traces of at least ...
... kind of material . Finally , after the quotations which I have incidentally permitted myself , it will be needless to speak at length of the extreme beauty of Chapman's versification . Some of his earlier plays show traces of at least ...
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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.