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... lovers of letters seems to have shared , was probably due to the dignity of Chapman's character as well as to the reputation which his learning and talents had achieved for him . He was , ' says Wood , ' a person of most reverend aspect ...
... lovers of letters seems to have shared , was probably due to the dignity of Chapman's character as well as to the reputation which his learning and talents had achieved for him . He was , ' says Wood , ' a person of most reverend aspect ...
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... lovers , the Count , by sending a letter which he has forced his miserable wife to write in her blood , and by himself assuming the Friar's habit , deludes Bussy into disbelief in the ghost . He seeks a last interview with the lady , is ...
... lovers , the Count , by sending a letter which he has forced his miserable wife to write in her blood , and by himself assuming the Friar's habit , deludes Bussy into disbelief in the ghost . He seeks a last interview with the lady , is ...
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... lover , so as to save herself from her husband's wrath . Abilqualit is the favourite of the soldiers , who attempt a rescue , in wrath at which the Sultan bids . the Mutes ( who characteristically enough play a con- siderable part in ...
... lover , so as to save herself from her husband's wrath . Abilqualit is the favourite of the soldiers , who attempt a rescue , in wrath at which the Sultan bids . the Mutes ( who characteristically enough play a con- siderable part in ...
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... lovers have resolved to attach all the signi- ficance of marriage itself . The finely - written scene where they exchange oaths over this strange ceremony is one 2 1 Nobody besides the Duke has a good word for him , except the old hag ...
... lovers have resolved to attach all the signi- ficance of marriage itself . The finely - written scene where they exchange oaths over this strange ceremony is one 2 1 Nobody besides the Duke has a good word for him , except the old hag ...
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... lovers set at defiance . Their secret love is discovered by the Duke ; Vincentio is mortally wounded by the eager Medice ; and Margaret , to escape from a hateful doom , dis- figures her beauty . This painful situation , the last ...
... lovers set at defiance . Their secret love is discovered by the Duke ; Vincentio is mortally wounded by the eager Medice ; and Margaret , to escape from a hateful doom , dis- figures her beauty . This painful situation , the last ...
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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.