The Beauties of Shakspeare: Regularly Selected from Each Play ; with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper HeadsC. Whittingham, 1818 - 378 pages |
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Page vii
... true sublime , is the impression a per- formance makes upon our minds , when read or recited . If , ' says he , a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts " 6 See Longinus on the Sublime , sect . 7. The ...
... true sublime , is the impression a per- formance makes upon our minds , when read or recited . If , ' says he , a person finds , that a performance transports not his soul , nor exalts " 6 See Longinus on the Sublime , sect . 7. The ...
Page viii
... true sublime . That , on the contrary , is grand and lofty , which , the more we consider , the greater ideas we con- ceive of it ; whose force we cannot possibly withstand ; which immediately sinks deep , and makes such impression on ...
... true sublime . That , on the contrary , is grand and lofty , which , the more we consider , the greater ideas we con- ceive of it ; whose force we cannot possibly withstand ; which immediately sinks deep , and makes such impression on ...
Page xix
... true , we have some difficulties removed . The grant of arms has no allusion to a second or third wife , or to the name of the heir . The armorial shield on the Poet's tomb , has only one bearing , that of Arden . Thus , is it not ...
... true , we have some difficulties removed . The grant of arms has no allusion to a second or third wife , or to the name of the heir . The armorial shield on the Poet's tomb , has only one bearing , that of Arden . Thus , is it not ...
Page xxv
... true , it evinces a spirit of liberality and well - directed munificence , which entitles his lordship to the highest rank among the patrons of genius . It shows also that Shakspeare's merits were appreciated by some eminent characters ...
... true , it evinces a spirit of liberality and well - directed munificence , which entitles his lordship to the highest rank among the patrons of genius . It shows also that Shakspeare's merits were appreciated by some eminent characters ...
Page xxxix
... true , passages , though comparatively speaking , very few , where his poetry exceeds the bounds of true dialogue , where a too soaring imagination , a too luxuriant wit , rendered the complete dramatic forgetful- ness of himself ...
... true , passages , though comparatively speaking , very few , where his poetry exceeds the bounds of true dialogue , where a too soaring imagination , a too luxuriant wit , rendered the complete dramatic forgetful- ness of himself ...
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Ajax arms art thou bear beauty Ben Jonson blood bosom breath brow Brutus Cæsar cheek CORIOLANUS crown Cymbeline dead dear death deed doth dream ears earth eyes fair FALSTAFF father fear fire fool foul Francis Collins friends gentle give gods grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Iago Jonson king kiss Lady lips live Locrine London Prodigal look lord lov'd love's lover Macb Macd maid Malone melancholy Midsummer Night's Dream moon nature ne'er never night noble o'er passion pity play poet poor prince queen racters Robert Arden Shakspeare Shakspeare's shame sing sleep smile sorrow soul speak spirit Stratford Susanna Hall swear sweet tears tell thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought tongue true vex'd virtue weep wife William D'Avenant wind woman words youth