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... wife ; and the other statement that a feud ensued between Mon- soreau and the slain man's brother - in - law John Monluc Balagny , who was urged on to unforgiving hostility by his wife ; but that the quarrel , after enduring nearly nine ...
... wife ; and the other statement that a feud ensued between Mon- soreau and the slain man's brother - in - law John Monluc Balagny , who was urged on to unforgiving hostility by his wife ; but that the quarrel , after enduring nearly nine ...
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... wife Tamyra . Bussy has access to her chamber by a subterraneous pas- sage known only to himself and a Friar who has served him as guide to the Countess . The Friar is first slain ; and though his ghost appears to warn the lovers , the ...
... wife Tamyra . Bussy has access to her chamber by a subterraneous pas- sage known only to himself and a Friar who has served him as guide to the Countess . The Friar is first slain ; and though his ghost appears to warn the lovers , the ...
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... wife to avenge her brother's death ; which Tamyra also , Montsurry's wife , has not forgotten . Instead of doing his duty , Baligny per- suades the King to order the apprehension of Clermont as a friend of Guise ; and the proceedings by ...
... wife to avenge her brother's death ; which Tamyra also , Montsurry's wife , has not forgotten . Instead of doing his duty , Baligny per- suades the King to order the apprehension of Clermont as a friend of Guise ; and the proceedings by ...
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... wife Cornelia and 1 Conspiracy , act ii . Thus , a simile ( Conspiracy , act iii ) , beginning with a fine poetic image , is , in order to give the idea an artificial completeness , made part of a painfully clever conceit , and Biron ...
... wife Cornelia and 1 Conspiracy , act ii . Thus , a simile ( Conspiracy , act iii ) , beginning with a fine poetic image , is , in order to give the idea an artificial completeness , made part of a painfully clever conceit , and Biron ...
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... wife ( Richard's sister ) and Prince Edward , who are in his custody , brings the false news of defeat . In dastardly despair , Alphonsus now reveals himself to Alexander as the real murderer of his father , and meets with the ...
... wife ( Richard's sister ) and Prince Edward , who are in his custody , brings the false news of defeat . In dastardly despair , Alphonsus now reveals himself to Alexander as the real murderer of his father , and meets with the ...
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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.