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 vii
... 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 thoughts ; that it calls not up into his PREFACE . VII.
... 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 thoughts ; that it calls not up into his PREFACE . VII.
Page xiii
... Soul of the age , The applause , delight , the wonder of the stage , My Shakspeare , arise ! B. Jonson . " Heaven - born Genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of appeal to Nature ...
... Soul of the age , The applause , delight , the wonder of the stage , My Shakspeare , arise ! B. Jonson . " Heaven - born Genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of appeal to Nature ...
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... souls ; of all the imperceptible advantages which it there gains ; of all the stratagems by which every other passion is made subservient to it , till it becomes the sole tyrant of our de- sires and our aversions . " Of all poets ...
... souls ; of all the imperceptible advantages which it there gains ; of all the stratagems by which every other passion is made subservient to it , till it becomes the sole tyrant of our de- sires and our aversions . " Of all poets ...
Page xxxix
... soul : and in that respect he is every way deserving of praise . Twice he has portrayed downright villains : and the masterly way in which he has contrived to elude impressions of too painful a nature , may be seen in Iago and Richard ...
... soul : and in that respect he is every way deserving of praise . Twice he has portrayed downright villains : and the masterly way in which he has contrived to elude impressions of too painful a nature , may be seen in Iago and Richard ...
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... souls , Of more pre - eminence than fish and fowls , Are masters to their females , and their lords : Then let your will attend on their accords . PATIENCE EASIER TAUGHT THAN PRACTISED . Patience , unmov'd , 22 BEAUTIES OF SHAKSPEARE ...
... souls , Of more pre - eminence than fish and fowls , Are masters to their females , and their lords : Then let your will attend on their accords . PATIENCE EASIER TAUGHT THAN PRACTISED . Patience , unmov'd , 22 BEAUTIES OF SHAKSPEARE ...
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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