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... story of the interview between 1 They seem alluded to in Dekker's Northward Hoe , act iv . Cf. the remarks in connexion with Middleton's Game of Chess , below . THE CONSPIRACY , AND THE TRAGEDY OF BYRON . Augustus I 2 THE LATER ...
... story of the interview between 1 They seem alluded to in Dekker's Northward Hoe , act iv . Cf. the remarks in connexion with Middleton's Game of Chess , below . THE CONSPIRACY , AND THE TRAGEDY OF BYRON . Augustus I 2 THE LATER ...
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... story of Bussy d'Ambois . There is not enough of progress in the action to justify its being spread over two parts ; nor is the figure of the hero sufficiently interesting to warrant so wide a canvas . The one note of his character is ...
... story of Bussy d'Ambois . There is not enough of progress in the action to justify its being spread over two parts ; nor is the figure of the hero sufficiently interesting to warrant so wide a canvas . The one note of his character is ...
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... story was borrowed by Chapman from that of the Matron of Ephesus in the Satyricon of Petronius . 1 Besides a passage in ridicule of the inevitable Spanish Tragedy , the quota- tion of phrases from Hamlet , Marston's Antonio and Mellida ...
... story was borrowed by Chapman from that of the Matron of Ephesus in the Satyricon of Petronius . 1 Besides a passage in ridicule of the inevitable Spanish Tragedy , the quota- tion of phrases from Hamlet , Marston's Antonio and Mellida ...
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... . 2 Printed in vol . vi . of Dyce's edition of Shirley's Dramatic Works and Poems . 3 The story of Admiral Chabot is that of Admiral Brion , whose fall , brought CHAPMAN AS A DRAMATIST . 33 fore one which , 32 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
... . 2 Printed in vol . vi . of Dyce's edition of Shirley's Dramatic Works and Poems . 3 The story of Admiral Chabot is that of Admiral Brion , whose fall , brought CHAPMAN AS A DRAMATIST . 33 fore one which , 32 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
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... story , to which a Breton and a primitive Teutonic origin have been variously ascribed1 , and which appears to have been frequently reprinted and translated in the sixteenth century2 . Thus there is something in the origin of this play ...
... story , to which a Breton and a primitive Teutonic origin have been variously ascribed1 , and which appears to have been frequently reprinted and translated in the sixteenth century2 . Thus there is something in the origin of this play ...
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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.