Hamlet, Or, Shakespeare's Philosophy of History: A Study of the Spiritual Soul and Unity of HamletWilliams and Norgate, 1875 - 208 pages |
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... thing of Shakespeare's own thoughts . The fragments of beautiful mosaic in thought , which are all we at present grasp , must not be mistaken for our Poet's beliefs . Nor has any systematic attempt been yet made to seize in synthesis ...
... thing of Shakespeare's own thoughts . The fragments of beautiful mosaic in thought , which are all we at present grasp , must not be mistaken for our Poet's beliefs . Nor has any systematic attempt been yet made to seize in synthesis ...
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... things supernatural and spiritual because uncommon , and neglect the common itself , failing to see the transcendental in it around us ; which defies comprehension in itself be- yond measurement , order , and relation . Perhaps we ...
... things supernatural and spiritual because uncommon , and neglect the common itself , failing to see the transcendental in it around us ; which defies comprehension in itself be- yond measurement , order , and relation . Perhaps we ...
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... copy , we may admire the artist , but the creator , the genius , is wanting . Thought is at the bottom of all things , and thought alone is the true measure of genius . Thousands possess the artistic xii INTRODUCTION .
... copy , we may admire the artist , but the creator , the genius , is wanting . Thought is at the bottom of all things , and thought alone is the true measure of genius . Thousands possess the artistic xii INTRODUCTION .
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... reached . From that moment things take a new direction . Polonius is the authority which antiquity and tradition , 1 This is the revival of learning . when united with autocratic Ophelia ( or the Church ) xviii INTRODUCTION .
... reached . From that moment things take a new direction . Polonius is the authority which antiquity and tradition , 1 This is the revival of learning . when united with autocratic Ophelia ( or the Church ) xviii INTRODUCTION .
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... things to be at their very best . They evade truth , or Hamlet , by means of sophistry and casuistry . As long as they come between the King and Hamlet , the latter can effect nothing permanent . Nothing in our whole exposition is less ...
... things to be at their very best . They evade truth , or Hamlet , by means of sophistry and casuistry . As long as they come between the King and Hamlet , the latter can effect nothing permanent . Nothing in our whole exposition is less ...
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Page 61 - I have of late, — but wherefore I know not, — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 23 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Page 129 - To what base uses we may return, Horatio ! Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
Page 38 - Nay, do not think I flatter; For what advancement may I hope from thee That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flatter'd? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Page 130 - Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting-, That would not let me sleep...
Page 74 - Ham. Do you see yonder cloud, that's almost in shape of a camel ? Pol. By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Ham. Methinks, it is like a weasel. Pol. It is backed like a weasel. Ham. Or, like a whale? Pol. Very like a whale.
Page 129 - No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: as thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of earth we make loam; and why of that loam whereto he was converted might they not stop a beer-barrel? Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
Page 163 - And let me speak to the yet unknowing world How these things came about : so shall you hear Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts, Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall'n on the inventors' heads : all this can I Truly deliver.
Page 77 - Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : a certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots...
Page 28 - Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god, kissing carrion, Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing; but as your daughter may conceive, — friend, look to 't.