Biographical Essays and Essays on the PoetsOsgood, 1875 |
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Page 54
... expression ; sixthly , on the selection of theatrical parts , which it is known that Shakspeare personated , most of them being such as required some dignity of form , viz . , kings , the athletic ( though aged ) follower of an ath ...
... expression ; sixthly , on the selection of theatrical parts , which it is known that Shakspeare personated , most of them being such as required some dignity of form , viz . , kings , the athletic ( though aged ) follower of an ath ...
Page 61
... expression , that we shall not pollute our pages by transcribing it , has been imputed to Shakspeare ever since the days of the credulous Rowe . The total point of this idiot's drivel consists in calling Sir Thomas an asse ; ' and well ...
... expression , that we shall not pollute our pages by transcribing it , has been imputed to Shakspeare ever since the days of the credulous Rowe . The total point of this idiot's drivel consists in calling Sir Thomas an asse ; ' and well ...
Page 79
... expressing its determinations , moving under the large variety of human impulses . The will is the central pivot of character ; and this was obliterated , thwarted , can- celled by the dark fatalism which brooded over the Grecian stage ...
... expressing its determinations , moving under the large variety of human impulses . The will is the central pivot of character ; and this was obliterated , thwarted , can- celled by the dark fatalism which brooded over the Grecian stage ...
Page 92
... expression of an abiding interest . No other poet , except Spenser , continued to sell throughout the century . Besides , in arguing the ease of a dramatic poet , we must bear in mind , that although readers of learned books might be ...
... expression of an abiding interest . No other poet , except Spenser , continued to sell throughout the century . Besides , in arguing the ease of a dramatic poet , we must bear in mind , that although readers of learned books might be ...
Page 100
... expressing his fiendish and yet carnal thoughts of hatred to his master . Caliban is evidently not meant for scorn , but for abom- ination mixed with fear and partial respect . He is purposely brought into contrast with the drunken ...
... expressing his fiendish and yet carnal thoughts of hatred to his master . Caliban is evidently not meant for scorn , but for abom- ination mixed with fear and partial respect . He is purposely brought into contrast with the drunken ...
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