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 viii
... 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 , on the contrary , is grand and lofty ...
... 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 , on the contrary , is grand and lofty ...
Page xxi
... sound through distant posterity with increasing energy and interest , and which shall powerfully and beneficially continue to influence and to mould both national and individual feeling . " 66 The inducement of Shakspeare to resort to ...
... sound through distant posterity with increasing energy and interest , and which shall powerfully and beneficially continue to influence and to mould both national and individual feeling . " 66 The inducement of Shakspeare to resort to ...
Page xxvi
... sound sense , that one cannot doubt the ample qualifications of its author to feel , understand , and indeed accomplish parts of those instructions . Aubrey's testimony is , that Shakspeare " did act exceedingly well . " At what period ...
... sound sense , that one cannot doubt the ample qualifications of its author to feel , understand , and indeed accomplish parts of those instructions . Aubrey's testimony is , that Shakspeare " did act exceedingly well . " At what period ...
Page 17
... again toward childish treble , pipes And whistles in his sound : That ends this strange eventful history , Is Second Childishness. * Trite , common . Last scene of all , DESCRIPTION OF A LOVER . C 2 AS YOU LIKE IT . 17.
... again toward childish treble , pipes And whistles in his sound : That ends this strange eventful history , Is Second Childishness. * Trite , common . Last scene of all , DESCRIPTION OF A LOVER . C 2 AS YOU LIKE IT . 17.
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... sound , When the suspicious head of theft is stopp'd ; Love's feeling is more soft , and sensible , Than are the tender horns of cockled snails ; Love's tongue proves dainty Bacchus gross in taste : For valour , is not love a Hercules ...
... sound , When the suspicious head of theft is stopp'd ; Love's feeling is more soft , and sensible , Than are the tender horns of cockled snails ; Love's tongue proves dainty Bacchus gross in taste : For valour , is not love a Hercules ...
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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