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... passion , qualities without which Homer can never be worthily re- produced . On the other hand , there can be no doubt that the style of Chapman's translation reflects some of the most marked peculiarities of his own literary age ; and ...
... passion , qualities without which Homer can never be worthily re- produced . On the other hand , there can be no doubt that the style of Chapman's translation reflects some of the most marked peculiarities of his own literary age ; and ...
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... passionate intensity , in whose speeches there are touches of the knowledge of woman's nature which I have no hesitation in ascribing to Chapman 3 . 1 ' There is no second place in numerous State That holds more than a Cypher . ' ( Act ...
... passionate intensity , in whose speeches there are touches of the knowledge of woman's nature which I have no hesitation in ascribing to Chapman 3 . 1 ' There is no second place in numerous State That holds more than a Cypher . ' ( Act ...
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... passion for Caropia ( the wife of a rough lord named Mura ) whom he himself unsuc- cessfully loves . The elder brother is condemned to have his eyes put out for a pretended act of violence , with which the intriguing Abrahen has ...
... passion for Caropia ( the wife of a rough lord named Mura ) whom he himself unsuc- cessfully loves . The elder brother is condemned to have his eyes put out for a pretended act of violence , with which the intriguing Abrahen has ...
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... passionate Earth , Is taken up amongst her fellow Stars . ' For a longer passage of singular power of expression see St. Anne's speech at the beginning of act iii . and he effects his end very skilfully . Feigning to.
... passionate Earth , Is taken up amongst her fellow Stars . ' For a longer passage of singular power of expression see St. Anne's speech at the beginning of act iii . and he effects his end very skilfully . Feigning to.
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... passion , it at the same time reveals on the part of the poet a strange recklessness of feeling with regard to the institution of marriage , which he makes his lovers set at defiance . Their secret love is discovered by the Duke ...
... passion , it at the same time reveals on the part of the poet a strange recklessness of feeling with regard to the institution of marriage , which he makes his lovers set at defiance . Their secret love is discovered by the Duke ...
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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.