An Essay on the Play of The Tempest: With Remarks on the Superstitions of the Middle Ages; Some Original Observations on the Character of Caliban; with Various Reflections on the Writings and Genius of Shakspere. Read Before the Shakspere Club, 6th September, 1839J. Fellowes, 1840 - 58 pages |
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... mind . Mankind , in former ages , were entirely excluded from a knowledge of the operations of nature ; -totally unacquainted with those principles of science , which distinguish the philosophy of the present day , they became the ...
... mind . Mankind , in former ages , were entirely excluded from a knowledge of the operations of nature ; -totally unacquainted with those principles of science , which distinguish the philosophy of the present day , they became the ...
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... mind , connected with superstition , the detail of which , will always present a durable monument of human folly ... minds to be shackled with all the trammels of prejudice , and have indicated in their writings , a great reluctance to ...
... mind , connected with superstition , the detail of which , will always present a durable monument of human folly ... minds to be shackled with all the trammels of prejudice , and have indicated in their writings , a great reluctance to ...
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... mind was ever imbued with that elevation of thought , to serve and promote the true interests of mankind . The strong love of life which is interwoven with the feelings of man , has made him look forward to an existence beyond the grave ...
... mind was ever imbued with that elevation of thought , to serve and promote the true interests of mankind . The strong love of life which is interwoven with the feelings of man , has made him look forward to an existence beyond the grave ...
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... mind , extended far beyond the pre- judices of his time , for , when alluding to the Ghost of Hamlet , he very beautifully says - it was seen " in the mind's eye , " an observation closely cor- responding with the philosophy of the ...
... mind , extended far beyond the pre- judices of his time , for , when alluding to the Ghost of Hamlet , he very beautifully says - it was seen " in the mind's eye , " an observation closely cor- responding with the philosophy of the ...
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... mind , sensations of no satisfac- tory nature ; for , whether we direct our attention , in these rude ages , to the general events of life , or to the records of legislation , connected with the history of kings , and courts , we find ...
... mind , sensations of no satisfac- tory nature ; for , whether we direct our attention , in these rude ages , to the general events of life , or to the records of legislation , connected with the history of kings , and courts , we find ...
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Page 39 - You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort, As if you were dismay'd : be cheerful, sir. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air...
Page 23 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Page 17 - em. Caliban. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me and mad'st much of me, wouldst give me Water with berries in't, and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.
Page 22 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and...
Page 45 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art/ Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further.
Page 35 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 1 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Page 49 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro.
Page 4 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL...
Page 53 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear. The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...