Shakspere: Some Notes on His Character and WritingsEdmonston and Douglas, 1867 - 119 pages |
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... speak frequently in their own persons - it may be in praise or it may be in disparagement , yet is the ego with them so paramount that the living man is perpetually appearing on the surface . They conceal much , but they reveal more ...
... speak frequently in their own persons - it may be in praise or it may be in disparagement , yet is the ego with them so paramount that the living man is perpetually appearing on the surface . They conceal much , but they reveal more ...
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... speak for themselves , and can reveal only their own natures and peculiarities - the passions and prejudices of ... speaking for or against the writer ; nor can the presence of one or more villains be made to tell against a spirit of ...
... speak for themselves , and can reveal only their own natures and peculiarities - the passions and prejudices of ... speaking for or against the writer ; nor can the presence of one or more villains be made to tell against a spirit of ...
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... Speak you so gently ? Pardon me , I pray you . I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment . But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible , Under the shade of ...
... Speak you so gently ? Pardon me , I pray you . I thought that all things had been savage here ; And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment . But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible , Under the shade of ...
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... speak most , to my capacity . And in this connection every one will remember the injunc- tion Hamlet lays on Polonius regarding the players : - Polonius . - My lord , I will use them according to their desert . Hamlet . - Man , much ...
... speak most , to my capacity . And in this connection every one will remember the injunc- tion Hamlet lays on Polonius regarding the players : - Polonius . - My lord , I will use them according to their desert . Hamlet . - Man , much ...
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... speak upon the rack , Where men , enforced , do speak anything . — Merchant of Venice . I would we were all of one mind , and one mind good . O , there were deso- lation of gallows and gallowses ! I speak against my present profit , but ...
... speak upon the rack , Where men , enforced , do speak anything . — Merchant of Venice . I would we were all of one mind , and one mind good . O , there were deso- lation of gallows and gallowses ! I speak against my present profit , but ...
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Page 98 - 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...
Page 69 - And this is in the night: — Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! let me be A sharer in thy fierce and far delight, — A portion of the tempest and of thee! How the lit lake shines, a phosphoric sea, And the big rain comes dancing to the earth! And now again 'tis black, — and now, the glee Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth, As if they did rejoice o'er a young earthquake's birth.
Page 4 - But whate'er you are> That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days "} If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church ; If ever sat at any good man's feast ; If ever from your eye-lids wip'da tear, And know what 'tis to pity, and be pitied ; Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope, I blush, and hide my sword.
Page 36 - Her own shall bless her: Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Page 63 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 13 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 112 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee: Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Page 67 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life to lead, From joy to joy; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 63 - Under an oak whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor...
Page 21 - The warrant I have of your honourable disposition, not the worth of my untutored lines, makes it assured of acceptance. What I have done is yours, what I have to do is yours ; being part in all I have devoted yours.