Lectures on Shakespeare, Volume 1Baker and Scribner, 1848 - Dramatists, English |
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... latter would but tend to sink him ; or rather , he is equally above them both ; no eulogy can possibly elevate , no criticism can possi- bly depress him : alone and unapproachable , on the sum- mit of fame , he may justly scorn the ...
... latter would but tend to sink him ; or rather , he is equally above them both ; no eulogy can possibly elevate , no criticism can possi- bly depress him : alone and unapproachable , on the sum- mit of fame , he may justly scorn the ...
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... latter in winning admiration . Instances are on record of his generosity towards the productions even of rivals , which do equal honour to his head and his heart . Himself at once most loving and most worthy to be loved ; severe to his ...
... latter in winning admiration . Instances are on record of his generosity towards the productions even of rivals , which do equal honour to his head and his heart . Himself at once most loving and most worthy to be loved ; severe to his ...
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... " the sunrise , " of English poetry , the former two centuries , the latter a few years before , had poured forth their rich treasures of melodious wisdom into the broad , deep bosom of the national mind THEATRICAL LABOURS . 15.
... " the sunrise , " of English poetry , the former two centuries , the latter a few years before , had poured forth their rich treasures of melodious wisdom into the broad , deep bosom of the national mind THEATRICAL LABOURS . 15.
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... latter , should have taken strongly to each other . Some of the sonnets addressed to him contain expres- sions of an attachment deep as life ; yet it is hardly pos- sible to doubt of their sincerity . " When , in the sessions of sweet ...
... latter , should have taken strongly to each other . Some of the sonnets addressed to him contain expres- sions of an attachment deep as life ; yet it is hardly pos- sible to doubt of their sincerity . " When , in the sessions of sweet ...
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... latter did create nearly a thousand , and not an element of himself can be found in one of them . Thus Milton transforms all the objects of his contemplation into himself , while Shakspeare transforms himself into whatever object he ...
... latter did create nearly a thousand , and not an element of himself can be found in one of them . Thus Milton transforms all the objects of his contemplation into himself , while Shakspeare transforms himself into whatever object he ...
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Page 223 - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 36 - Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace : » Referring to the obsequies for the dead.
Page 223 - Above their functions and their offices. It adds a precious seeing to the eye ; A lover's eyes will gaze an eagle blind ; A lover's ear will hear the lowest 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...
Page 38 - And peace proclaims olives of endless age. Now with the drops of this most balmy time My love looks fresh, and Death to me subscribes, Since, spite of him, I'll live in this poor rhyme, While he insults o'er dull and speechless tribes: And thou in this shalt find thy monument, When tyrants' crests and tombs of brass are spent.
Page 30 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste...
Page 35 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 317 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 62 - Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness ; that he who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy.
Page 31 - They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you, you pattern of all those. Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away, As with your shadow I with these did play.
Page 13 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions...