Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. |
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Page 69
... eyes ! Methoughts I saw a thousand fearful wrecks ; Ten thousand men that fishes gnaw'd upon ; Wedges of gold ... eyes did once inhabit , there were crept- As ' twere in scorn of eyes - reflecting gems , That woo'd the slimy bottom of ...
... eyes ! Methoughts I saw a thousand fearful wrecks ; Ten thousand men that fishes gnaw'd upon ; Wedges of gold ... eyes did once inhabit , there were crept- As ' twere in scorn of eyes - reflecting gems , That woo'd the slimy bottom of ...
Page 128
... eyes Of beauty's tutors have enrich'd you with ? Other slow arts entirely keep the brain , And therefore , finding barren practisers , Scarce show a harvest of their heavy toil ; But love , first learned in a lady's eyes , Lives not ...
... eyes Of beauty's tutors have enrich'd you with ? Other slow arts entirely keep the brain , And therefore , finding barren practisers , Scarce show a harvest of their heavy toil ; But love , first learned in a lady's eyes , Lives not ...
Page 141
... eye doth roll To every varied object in his glance : Which party - coated presence of loose love Put on by us , if , in your heavenly eyes , Have misbecom'd our oaths and gravities , Those heavenly eyes , that look into these faults ...
... eye doth roll To every varied object in his glance : Which party - coated presence of loose love Put on by us , if , in your heavenly eyes , Have misbecom'd our oaths and gravities , Those heavenly eyes , that look into these faults ...
Contents
Shakespeares Universalism | 1 |
The Comedy of Errors | 21 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 28 |
Copyright | |
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