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... ( printed 1608 ) are two plays , which unlike the two preceding , may be regarded as merely forming a single whole . Their subject is one of much greater interest than that of Bussy d'Ambois ; and the event which forms their catastrophe ...
... ( printed 1608 ) are two plays , which unlike the two preceding , may be regarded as merely forming a single whole . Their subject is one of much greater interest than that of Bussy d'Ambois ; and the event which forms their catastrophe ...
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... ( printed 1598 , acted about two years previously ) is much inferior to its successor . Its plot is that of an outrageously improbable romance ; and its hero , the Protean beggar Irus ( whose assumed Homeric name will be observed ; his ...
... ( printed 1598 , acted about two years previously ) is much inferior to its successor . Its plot is that of an outrageously improbable romance ; and its hero , the Protean beggar Irus ( whose assumed Homeric name will be observed ; his ...
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... ( printed in 1605 ) , though considerably inferior ( pr . 1605 ) . in humour of characterisation to Eastward Hoe ( printed in the same year ) , likewise deserves to be ranked as a very admirable comedy . Its intricate plot , the nature of ...
... ( printed in 1605 ) , though considerably inferior ( pr . 1605 ) . in humour of characterisation to Eastward Hoe ( printed in the same year ) , likewise deserves to be ranked as a very admirable comedy . Its intricate plot , the nature of ...
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... printed 1606 , is one of our most diverting Elisabethan comedies . Its main plot is perspicuous and interesting . The gallant Vendome , returning from a long voyage , finds two difficult tasks awaiting him . The lady to whom he has ...
... printed 1606 , is one of our most diverting Elisabethan comedies . Its main plot is perspicuous and interesting . The gallant Vendome , returning from a long voyage , finds two difficult tasks awaiting him . The lady to whom he has ...
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... ( printed 1611 ) is a ' witty Comedie ' of no ( pr . 1611 ) . elevated type , -a farrago in short of vulgar plots and counterplots , with no special humour in any of the cha- racters to make it worthy of notice , though in the liveliness ...
... ( printed 1611 ) is a ' witty Comedie ' of no ( pr . 1611 ) . elevated type , -a farrago in short of vulgar plots and counterplots , with no special humour in any of the cha- racters to make it worthy of notice , though in the liveliness ...
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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.