Cymbeline. Titus Andron. Pericles. K. LearEstes and Lauriat, 1887 |
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... Haven ; and chanced to fall on the cave in the woods where her two brothers were . And how , by eating a sleep- ing dram , they thought she had been dead , and laid her in the woods , and the body of Cloten by her in INTRODUCTION ...
... Haven ; and chanced to fall on the cave in the woods where her two brothers were . And how , by eating a sleep- ing dram , they thought she had been dead , and laid her in the woods , and the body of Cloten by her in INTRODUCTION ...
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... thought for the author's space . The poetry and characterisation , also , are marked by the same severe beauty and austere sweetness , as in the other plays mentioned ; while the moral sentiment of the piece comes out from time to time ...
... thought for the author's space . The poetry and characterisation , also , are marked by the same severe beauty and austere sweetness , as in the other plays mentioned ; while the moral sentiment of the piece comes out from time to time ...
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... thought of it . It is this inward framing and tuning of the heart to the harmonies of truth that enables her to anticipate as by instinct the wisdom that comes to others only by large and ripe experience . For it may well be observed ...
... thought of it . It is this inward framing and tuning of the heart to the harmonies of truth that enables her to anticipate as by instinct the wisdom that comes to others only by large and ripe experience . For it may well be observed ...
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... thought of it , be- cause she takes none . For it is remarkable that she shows no fear and makes no effort , either ... thoughts and feelings are all intent on higher matters , and such is her command of our sympa- thies , that for the ...
... thought of it , be- cause she takes none . For it is remarkable that she shows no fear and makes no effort , either ... thoughts and feelings are all intent on higher matters , and such is her command of our sympa- thies , that for the ...
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... thought to be out of nature and monstrous . But Miss Seward tells us , in one of her letters , that he is the exact prototype of a man she once knew : " The unmeaning frown of the countenance ; the shuffling gait ; the burst of speaking ...
... thought to be out of nature and monstrous . But Miss Seward tells us , in one of her letters , that he is the exact prototype of a man she once knew : " The unmeaning frown of the countenance ; the shuffling gait ; the burst of speaking ...
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Andronicus Bawd better Boult brother CHIRON Cleon Cloten Cordelia Corn Cymbeline daughter dead death Dionyza dost doth Edgar Edmund Enter Exeunt Exit eyes father fear folio follow Fool Gent gentleman Gentlemen of Verona give Gloster gods Goneril Goths GUIDERIUS hand hath hear heart heaven honour i'the Iach Iachimo Imogen Kent king King Lear lady Lavinia Lear look lord Lucius LYSIMACHUS madam Marcus Marina means mistress Mitylene nature never night noble o'the old copies Pericles Pisanio play Poet's poor Posthumus pray prince Prince of Tyre quartos queen Regan Roman Rome Saturnine SCENE second folio Shakespeare speak speech Steevens sweet Tamora tears tell thee there's thine thing thou art thou hast Titus Titus Andronicus villain word
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Page 490 - If it be you that stir these daughters' hearts Against their father, fool me not so much To bear it tamely ; touch me with noble anger ! O, let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks! — No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth.
Page 560 - I'll kneel down And ask of thee forgiveness: so we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, — Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out; — And take...
Page 554 - Be your tears wet? yes, faith. I pray, weep not: If you have poison for me, I will drink it. I know you do not love me; for your sisters Have, as I do remember, done me wrong: You have some cause, they have not. Cor. No cause, no cause.
Page 126 - Fear no more the frown o' the great: Thou art past the tyrant's stroke. Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 453 - Lear. It may be so, my lord. — Hear, nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase; And from her derogate body never spring A babe to honour her ! If she must teem...
Page 415 - On the stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage ; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear, — we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the "Malice of daughters and .storms.
Page 575 - Pray you, undo this button : thank you, sir. — Do you see this ? Look on her, — look, — her lips, — Look there, look there ! — [He dies.
Page 537 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!