The Life of Shakespeare: Enquiries Into the Originality of His Dramatic Plots and Characters; and Essays on the Ancient Theatres and Theatrical Usages, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 - Dramatists, English |
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... Prospero ; hence the assigning to him of the powers of a magician ; and hence the supposition of its previous occupa- tion by Sycorax , the witch . How vivid and prevalent were the ideas of magic and supernatural influences , is fully ...
... Prospero ; hence the assigning to him of the powers of a magician ; and hence the supposition of its previous occupa- tion by Sycorax , the witch . How vivid and prevalent were the ideas of magic and supernatural influences , is fully ...
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... Prospero does not disgrace the super - human powers with which he is invested . Without any other object in view in the practice of his art , but that of facilitating the march of retributive justice , his decrees are founded in , and ...
... Prospero does not disgrace the super - human powers with which he is invested . Without any other object in view in the practice of his art , but that of facilitating the march of retributive justice , his decrees are founded in , and ...
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... Prospero's person eminent and imposing . Scientific know- ledge is the foundation of his practice of magic ; and his high attainments in the art result from the depth of his erudition : 66 " Rapt in secret studies , * * * neglecting ...
... Prospero's person eminent and imposing . Scientific know- ledge is the foundation of his practice of magic ; and his high attainments in the art result from the depth of his erudition : 66 " Rapt in secret studies , * * * neglecting ...
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... Prospero of his books : " " Tis a custom with him I'the afternoon to sleep : there thou may'st brain him , Having first seiz'd his books " Burn but his books . Remember , First to possess his books ; for without them He's but a sot , as ...
... Prospero of his books : " " Tis a custom with him I'the afternoon to sleep : there thou may'st brain him , Having first seiz'd his books " Burn but his books . Remember , First to possess his books ; for without them He's but a sot , as ...
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... Prospero absolves all his attendant spirits from their allegiance to him , at the same time abjuring magic , and expressing his determination to " drown his book . " * The characters of priest , philosopher , and magician were ...
... Prospero absolves all his attendant spirits from their allegiance to him , at the same time abjuring magic , and expressing his determination to " drown his book . " * The characters of priest , philosopher , and magician were ...
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Page 25 - My father's spirit in arms ! all is not well; I doubt some foul play: 'would, the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul: Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Page 152 - The night has been unruly : where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down ; and, as they say, Lamentings heard i...
Page 32 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 24 - What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o'er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness...
Page 310 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page 106 - Kent. Alas, sir, are you here? Things that love night Love not such nights as these; the wrathful skies Gallow the very wanderers of the dark, And make them keep their caves; since I was man, Such sheets of fire, such bursts of horrid thunder, Such groans of roaring wind and rain I never Remember to have heard: man's nature cannot carry Th
Page 47 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 152 - Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
Page 230 - I found you as a morsel cold upon Dead Caesar's trencher. Nay, you were a fragment Of Cneius Pompey's...
Page 180 - For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.