An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 pages |
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Page 164
... , and above the visible diurnal Sphere . Horatio is affected with that kind of fear , which fuch an appear- ance would naturally excite . He trembles , and quarter the and turns pale . When the violence of 164 On the Præternatural Beings .
... , and above the visible diurnal Sphere . Horatio is affected with that kind of fear , which fuch an appear- ance would naturally excite . He trembles , and quarter the and turns pale . When the violence of 164 On the Præternatural Beings .
Page 174
... fears . It keeps up in our minds a fenfe of our connection with awful and invifible spirits , to whom our most secret actions are apparent , and from whofe chastisement , Innocence alone can defend us . From many dangers Power will ...
... fears . It keeps up in our minds a fenfe of our connection with awful and invifible spirits , to whom our most secret actions are apparent , and from whofe chastisement , Innocence alone can defend us . From many dangers Power will ...
Page 176
... fear thy nature ; It is too full o'th milk of human kindness To catch the neareft way . Thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition ; but without The The illness should attend it . What thou wouldst highly 176 The Tragedy of MACBETH .
... fear thy nature ; It is too full o'th milk of human kindness To catch the neareft way . Thou wouldst be great ; Art not without ambition ; but without The The illness should attend it . What thou wouldst highly 176 The Tragedy of MACBETH .
Page 177
... bloody daggers in the Road to guilt , and demonftrates , that fo foon as a man begins to hearkento ill suggestions , Terrors environ , M and and Fears diftract him . Tenderness and con- . jugal The Tragedy of MACBETH . 177.
... bloody daggers in the Road to guilt , and demonftrates , that fo foon as a man begins to hearkento ill suggestions , Terrors environ , M and and Fears diftract him . Tenderness and con- . jugal The Tragedy of MACBETH . 177.
Page 178
... Fears diftract him . Tenderness and con- . jugal love combat in the breasts of a Medea and a Herod , in their ... Fear of Punishment , not Repentance . It is not the memory of the affaffinated hufband , which haunts and terrifies ...
... Fears diftract him . Tenderness and con- . jugal love combat in the breasts of a Medea and a Herod , in their ... Fear of Punishment , not Repentance . It is not the memory of the affaffinated hufband , which haunts and terrifies ...
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