 The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted.  A Complete Manual of English Literature - Page 125by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 540 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1876 - 478 pages
...abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the deathscene of Marlowe's king moves pity and...scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted. The Rich Jew of Malta. — Marlowe's Jew does not approach so near to Shakspeare's, as his Edward the... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspere scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and...scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted. The Rick Jew of Malta. — Marlowe's Jew does not approach so near to Shakspere's, as his Edward the... | |
 | Julius Leopold Klein - Drama - 1876 - 910 pages
...Edward furnished hints whieh Shakspeare scarce improved in his Richard the Second; aud the dead-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any...ancient or modern with •which I am acquainted". (Ch. Lamb, Spec. of Engl. Dramat. Poets. p. 28, ed. 1808.) Braucht es noch stärkerer Belege zur Beurkundung:... | |
 | Horace Hills Morgan - Authors, American - 1876 - 60 pages
...abdicating royalty in Edward furnished Shakespeare's." — Henry Hallam. hints which Shakespeare scarcely improved in his Richard II. ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's King moves pity and terror bcyond any scene, ancient or modern,with which I am acquainted." — Chas. Lamb. " Wit, sprightly dialogue,... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1876 - 474 pages
...Edward furnished hints which Shakespeare scarce improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scone of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modem with which I am acquainted." || The excellence of both scenes is indisputable ; but a more fastidious... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1876 - 576 pages
...Edward furnished hints which Shakspeare scarce improved in his Richard II. ; and the •3eath-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modem, with which I am acquainted." Marlowe was the morning star that heralded the rising of the great... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1877 - 464 pages
...Elizabeth's time. 89. Overwatched, exhausted by too much watching, by being kept too long awake. ' The death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror...scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted' (Charles Lamb). According to Aristotle's famous definition, ' pity and terror' are the emotions properly... | |
 | Christopher Marlowe - 1877 - 144 pages
...furnished hints which Shakespeare scarce improved in his Richard II; and the death-scene of Marlow's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted ' — C. LAMB. ' The construction is very clear, the two divisions of the reign skilfully interwoven... | |
 | E. Nicholson - English literature - 1878 - 234 pages
...the period then popularly painted a Jew : in THE TRAGEDY OF EDWARD II. the abdicating king " raises pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted," said Charles Lamb. Marlow " was the morning star of our great dramatic sun." (1599.) SPENSER'S WORKS.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Poetry - 1879 - 672 pages
...; " and the death1 The few notes which are interspersed will be fonnd to be chiefly critical. scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any...scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted. " The Rich Jew of Malta." — Marlowe's Jew does not approach so near to Shakespeare's as his Edward... | |
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