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Page vii
... scene of the Two Gentlemen is vitiated ( as we hope to show ) by a flaw too unnatural to be charged upon Shakespeare . Reserving this , and putting the vexation of it out of our thought for the moment , we can enjoy the play as a light ...
... scene of the Two Gentlemen is vitiated ( as we hope to show ) by a flaw too unnatural to be charged upon Shakespeare . Reserving this , and putting the vexation of it out of our thought for the moment , we can enjoy the play as a light ...
Page viii
... scene in Florence and gave his characters Italian names . Few will deny that by trans- ferring the scene to London and turning his eccentrics into English men and women he made by this process alone a vastly better play ; that in his ...
... scene in Florence and gave his characters Italian names . Few will deny that by trans- ferring the scene to London and turning his eccentrics into English men and women he made by this process alone a vastly better play ; that in his ...
Page ix
... scene of combat in a forest . There are other points of resemblance , but these may suffice . We shall get more instruction perhaps as we shall certainly get more amusement - from looking forward than from casting back . For The Two ...
... scene of combat in a forest . There are other points of resemblance , but these may suffice . We shall get more instruction perhaps as we shall certainly get more amusement - from looking forward than from casting back . For The Two ...
Page x
... scenes in which Julia and Portia discuss choice of suitors with their maids ; a trifle when we consider the number of ... scene ) , read in The Two Gentlemen something more than a graceful story charmingly told . It is that : but it also ...
... scenes in which Julia and Portia discuss choice of suitors with their maids ; a trifle when we consider the number of ... scene ) , read in The Two Gentlemen something more than a graceful story charmingly told . It is that : but it also ...
Page xiii
... scene , and , in particular , to the passage which has offended so many critics of sen- sibility : the lines in which Valentine ' empties ' — as the Germans say ' the baby with the bath , ' and , after pardoning his false friend ...
... scene , and , in particular , to the passage which has offended so many critics of sen- sibility : the lines in which Valentine ' empties ' — as the Germans say ' the baby with the bath , ' and , after pardoning his false friend ...
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Page ix - The current that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopped, impatiently doth rage ; But when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamelled stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean.
Page viii - Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! more happy, happy love! For ever warm and still to be enjoyed, For ever panting, and for ever young...
Page 25 - Why, man, she is mine own; And I as rich in having such a jewel, As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.
Page 13 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun. And by-and-by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 31 - He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean./* Then let me go, and hinder not my course : I'll be as patient as a gentle stream, And make a pastime of each weary step, Till the last step have brought me to my love ; And there I'll rest, as, after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium.
Page 6 - I have no other but a woman's reason ; I think him so, because I think him so.