The Beauties of Shakspeare: Regularly Selected from Each Play ; with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper HeadsC. Whittingham, 1818 - 378 pages |
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Page vi
... minds which are incapable of elevating their ideas to the sublimity of the author's , are desirous of bringing them down to a level with their own . Hence many fine passages have been condemned in Shakspeare , as rant , and fustian ...
... minds which are incapable of elevating their ideas to the sublimity of the author's , are desirous of bringing them down to a level with their own . Hence many fine passages have been condemned in Shakspeare , as rant , and fustian ...
Page vii
... minds , when read or recited . If , ' says he , a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts " 6 See Longinus on the Sublime , sect . 7. The transla- tion in the text is from the learned Mr. Smith . his ...
... minds , when read or recited . If , ' says he , a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts " 6 See Longinus on the Sublime , sect . 7. The transla- tion in the text is from the learned Mr. Smith . his ...
Page viii
... mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination its dignity lessens and declines , he may con- clude , that whatever pierces no deeper than the ears , can never be the true sublime . That ...
... mind ideas more enlarged than the mere sounds of the words convey , but on attentive examination its dignity lessens and declines , he may con- clude , that whatever pierces no deeper than the ears , can never be the true sublime . That ...
Page xiii
... mind , evinces an eager and laudable curiosity to ascertain the private habits and characters of those persons who have astonished the world by their exploits , or enlightened it by their génius and wisdom . The genealogy of their ...
... mind , evinces an eager and laudable curiosity to ascertain the private habits and characters of those persons who have astonished the world by their exploits , or enlightened it by their génius and wisdom . The genealogy of their ...
Page xiv
... mind to emulation , by displaying such qualities as do honour to human nature , and to point out and reprove those ... minds of the very highest order . Men who , like the comets of heaven , appear only at distant periods to attract the ...
... mind to emulation , by displaying such qualities as do honour to human nature , and to point out and reprove those ... minds of the very highest order . Men who , like the comets of heaven , appear only at distant periods to attract the ...
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Ajax arms art thou bear beauty Ben Jonson blood bosom breath brow Brutus Cæsar cheek CORIOLANUS crown Cymbeline dead dear death deed doth dream ears earth eyes fair FALSTAFF father fear fire fool foul Francis Collins friends gentle give gods grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Iago Jonson king kiss Lady lips live Locrine London Prodigal look lord lov'd love's lover Macb Macd maid Malone melancholy Midsummer Night's Dream moon nature ne'er never night noble o'er passion pity play poet poor prince queen racters Robert Arden Shakspeare Shakspeare's shame sing sleep smile sorrow soul speak spirit Stratford Susanna Hall swear sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought tongue true vex'd virtue weep wife William D'Avenant wind woman words youth