Studies of Shakspere: Forming a Companion Volume to Every Edition of the TextC. Knight, 1849 - 560 pages |
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... called in to make exposition ; and certainly , whatever defects of manners were exhibited by the audiences of that day , they must have possessed the virtue of pa- tience in a remarkable degree to have en- abled them to sit out these ...
... called in to make exposition ; and certainly , whatever defects of manners were exhibited by the audiences of that day , they must have possessed the virtue of pa- tience in a remarkable degree to have en- abled them to sit out these ...
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... called Common Con- ditions ' is neither a Mystery nor a Moral Play . It dispenses with impersonations of Good and Evil ; Iniquity holds no troversy with Charity , and the Devil is not brought in to buffet or to be buffeted . The play is ...
... called Common Con- ditions ' is neither a Mystery nor a Moral Play . It dispenses with impersonations of Good and Evil ; Iniquity holds no troversy with Charity , and the Devil is not brought in to buffet or to be buffeted . The play is ...
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... called ) is conventional ; it lives for a little while in narrow corners , the pet thing of fashion or of pedantry . When Gosson wrote , the poetry of the English drama was not yet born ; and the people contented themselves with some ...
... called ) is conventional ; it lives for a little while in narrow corners , the pet thing of fashion or of pedantry . When Gosson wrote , the poetry of the English drama was not yet born ; and the people contented themselves with some ...
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... called ' The School of Abuse , ' and dedicating it to Master idney , was for his labour scorned ; if , at least , it be in the goodness of that nature to scorn . Such folly is it not to regard aforehand the inclination and quality of ...
... called ' The School of Abuse , ' and dedicating it to Master idney , was for his labour scorned ; if , at least , it be in the goodness of that nature to scorn . Such folly is it not to regard aforehand the inclination and quality of ...
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... called , of ' Lo- crine ' is tolerably decisive as to the date of the performance . It belongs essentially to that period when the respective powers of action and of words were imperfectly under- stood ; when what was exhibited to the ...
... called , of ' Lo- crine ' is tolerably decisive as to the date of the performance . It belongs essentially to that period when the respective powers of action and of words were imperfectly under- stood ; when what was exhibited to the ...
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Page 483 - Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, Fool'd by these rebel powers that thee array, Why dost thou pine within, and suffer dearth, Painting thy outward walls so costly gay ? Why so large cost, having so short a lease, Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend ? Shall worms, inheritors of this excess, Eat up thy charge ? Is this thy body's end ? Then, soul, live thou upon thy servant's loss, And let that pine to aggravate thy store ; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross ; Within be fed, without...
Page 499 - That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
Page 203 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 58 - Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, modes, shows of grief, That can denote me truly: These, indeed, seem, For they are actions that a man might play : But I have that within, which passeth show; These, but the trappings and the suits of woe.
Page 496 - ... vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe. O, if, I say, you look upon this verse When I perhaps compounded am with clay, Do not so much as my poor name rehearse, But let your love even with my life decay, Lest the wise world should look into your moan And mock you with me after I am gone.
Page 453 - Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses...
Page 452 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 307 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page 306 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Page 493 - gainst his glory fight, And Time that gave doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth And delves the parallels in beauty's brow, Feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow; And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.