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... . i . p . 192 . 2 See the whole of the admirable passage in The Revenge ( act iv ) beginning What change is here ? ' 3 Ib . , near the close of the act . BUSSY D'AMBOIS . duced to Court by Monsieur , who 8 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
... . i . p . 192 . 2 See the whole of the admirable passage in The Revenge ( act iv ) beginning What change is here ? ' 3 Ib . , near the close of the act . BUSSY D'AMBOIS . duced to Court by Monsieur , who 8 THE LATER ELISABETHANS .
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... whole . Their subject is one of much greater interest than that of Bussy d'Ambois ; and the event which forms their catastrophe being fresh within men's memories - the execution of Biron took place in 1602 - the plays could hardly fail ...
... whole . Their subject is one of much greater interest than that of Bussy d'Ambois ; and the event which forms their catastrophe being fresh within men's memories - the execution of Biron took place in 1602 - the plays could hardly fail ...
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... whole act of the Conspiracy ) in which Chapman reproduces the dialogues held with Biron at the English Court ' . The historical episode of the fall of Biron is expanded by Chapman into two plays which , though possessing many merits ...
... whole act of the Conspiracy ) in which Chapman reproduces the dialogues held with Biron at the English Court ' . The historical episode of the fall of Biron is expanded by Chapman into two plays which , though possessing many merits ...
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... whole of the play gives the impression of having been revised rather than composed by Chapman . It is quite unworthy of him in every respect , though there are indications of his hand in the frequent classical allusions and in the ...
... whole of the play gives the impression of having been revised rather than composed by Chapman . It is quite unworthy of him in every respect , though there are indications of his hand in the frequent classical allusions and in the ...
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... whole of this scene ( iii . 2 ) is worth reading as an illustration of the gold - fever which prevailed in these times , and had received fresh fuel from Ralegh's Discovery of Guiana , published in 1596 . 1 A porpoise , ' says Sir ...
... whole of this scene ( iii . 2 ) is worth reading as an illustration of the gold - fever which prevailed in these times , and had received fresh fuel from Ralegh's Discovery of Guiana , published in 1596 . 1 A porpoise , ' says Sir ...
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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.