The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the CountryParry and Macmillan, 1856 - 552 pages |
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Page 103
... Iago , from the railings of Roderigo , from the disappointed paternal rancour of Braban- tio , and from the desponding concessions of Othel- lo himself . I have said , that since I entered upon the third of Shakspeare's seven ages , the ...
... Iago , from the railings of Roderigo , from the disappointed paternal rancour of Braban- tio , and from the desponding concessions of Othel- lo himself . I have said , that since I entered upon the third of Shakspeare's seven ages , the ...
Page 104
... Iago in this play are evidently intended as contrasted pictures of human nature , each setting off the other . They are national portraits of man - the ITALIAN and the Moon . The Italian is white , crafty and cruel ; a consummate ...
... Iago in this play are evidently intended as contrasted pictures of human nature , each setting off the other . They are national portraits of man - the ITALIAN and the Moon . The Italian is white , crafty and cruel ; a consummate ...
Page 105
... Iago , with fiend - like sagacity , seizes upon the paroxysm of emotion , and then comes the following dialogue : — " Iago . " My lord , I see you are moved . Othello . No , not much moved : I do not think but Desdemona's honest . Ingo ...
... Iago , with fiend - like sagacity , seizes upon the paroxysm of emotion , and then comes the following dialogue : — " Iago . " My lord , I see you are moved . Othello . No , not much moved : I do not think but Desdemona's honest . Ingo ...
Page 106
... Iago long after he has ample cause to suspect and distrust him . Desdemona , supersubtle as she is in the management of her amour with Othello ; deeply as she dissembles to deceive her father ; and , forward as she is in in- viting the ...
... Iago long after he has ample cause to suspect and distrust him . Desdemona , supersubtle as she is in the management of her amour with Othello ; deeply as she dissembles to deceive her father ; and , forward as she is in in- viting the ...
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... Iago - we were crowded together in a corner of the stage - box . 66 Mr. Herbert , " said he suddenly to me , " you do not seem to know that you and I are quite old ac- quaintances . " U " I don't understand you , Major " Some six GULIAN ...
... Iago - we were crowded together in a corner of the stage - box . 66 Mr. Herbert , " said he suddenly to me , " you do not seem to know that you and I are quite old ac- quaintances . " U " I don't understand you , Major " Some six GULIAN ...
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