 Antigones, &c. of the antique put forward but one single trait of character, like the aloe with its single blossom. This solitary feature is presented to us as an abstraction, and as an insulated quality ; whereas in Shakspeare all is presented in the...  De Quincey's Writings: Biographical essays. 1870 - Page 75by Thomas De Quincey - 1870Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 788 pages
...power of Grecian art, and the true sunny life of Shakspeare, it must be observed that the Antigones of the antique put forward but one single trait of...even acting by each other and through each other. In Shakspearc's characters is felt for ever a real organic life, where each is for the whole and in the... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 480 pages
...Shakspeare. They challenge our admiration, severe, and even stern, as impersonations of filial duty, cleaving to the steps of a desolate and afflicted old man ;...each is for the whole and in the whole, and where Jhe whole is for each and in each.. They only are real incarnations. The Greek poets could not exhibit... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 302 pages
...Shakspeare. They challenge our admiration, severe, and even stern, as impersonations of filial duty, cleaving to the steps of a desolate and afflicted old man ;...and re-acting each upon the other, nay, even acting hy each other and through each other. In Shakspeare's characters is felt for ever a real organic life,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 306 pages
...Shakspeare. They challenge our admiration, severe, and even stern, as impersonations of filial duty, cleaving to the steps of a desolate and afflicted old man ;...and re-acting each upon the other, nay, even acting hy each other and through each other. In Shakspeare's characters is felt for ever a real organic life,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 360 pages
...relief, as by some effort of an anatomical artist; but embodied and imbedded, so to speak, as by th» force of a creative nature, in the complex system...or co-existence, acting and re-acting each upon the other—nay, even acting by each other and through each other. In Shakspeare's characters is felt for... | |
 | James Buchanan - Analogy (Religion) - 1864 - 650 pages
...may all co-operate harmoniously in leading him on to a right faith and practice. It is adapted to " the complex system of a human life, a life in which...acting by each other and through each other." * In this respect it accords with the true philosophy of human nature, anl with the analogy of our whole... | |
 | Austin Dobson - Authors, English - 1874 - 332 pages
...In Shakespeare all is presented in the concrete ; that is to say, not brought forward in relief, or by some effort of an anatomical artist, but embodied...even acting by each other and through each other. In Shakespeare's characters is felt for ever a real organic life, where each is for the whole and in the... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 474 pages
...brought forward in relief, as by some effort of an anatomical artist ; but embodied and imbedded, so so to speak, as by the force of a creative nature,...even acting by each other and through each other. 85 In Shakspeare's characters is felt forever a real organic life, where each is for the whole and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 488 pages
...forget, by a single indecorous gesture, or so much as a moment's neglect of her own princely descent, that she herself was " a lady in the land." These...where each is for the whole and in the whole, and jwhere the whole is for each and in each. They only are real incarnations. The Greek poets could not... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - Authors, English - 1897 - 406 pages
...In Shakespeare all is presented in the concrete ; that is to say, not brought forward in relief, or by some effort of an anatomical artist, but embodied...even acting by each other and through each other. In Shakespeare's characters is felt for ever a real organic life, where each is for the whole and in the... | |
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