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" They are foul anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy music.... "
Specimens of English dramatic poets. New ed. (2 pt. in 1 v.) - Page 163
by Charles Lamb - 1857
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register, Volume 26

British periodicals - 1808 - 704 pages
...has a son, a low buffoon: the liagsof Shakspeare have neither child of ilieir own, nor seem to b« descended from any parent. They are foul anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are, nor whether they hav* beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of Shakespeare ...

Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...have power over the soul. — Hecate in Middleton has a Son, a low buffoon : the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...foul Anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprang, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem...
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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 7

Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...of whom we know not whence they arc sprung, nor whether they have beginning or endino;. \$ they ave without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They соше with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy music. This is all we know of them. — Except....
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...have power over the soul. — Hecate in Middleton has a Son, a low buffoon : the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...they seem to be without human relations. They come %ith thnnder and lightning, and vanish to airy music. This is all we know of them. — Except Hecate,...
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Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Who Lived about the Time of ..., Volume 1

Charles Lamb - English drama - 1813 - 502 pages
...have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended tVoin any parent. They are foul Anomaliei, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether...lightning, and vanish to airy music. This is all we know of them. — Except Hecate, they have no names ; which heightens their mysteriousness. The names, and...
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The Works of Charles Lamb: In Two Parts, Volume 2

Charles Lamb - 1818 - 288 pages
...those have power over the soul. Hecate in Middleton has a son, a low buffoon : the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...lightning, and vanish to airy music. This is all we know of them. Except Hecate, they have no names; which heightens their mysteriousness. The names, and some...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...have power over the soul. — Hecate in Middleton has a son, a low buffoon : the hags of Shakespear have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...lightning, and vanish to airy music. This is all we know of them. — Except Hecate, they have no names, which heightens their mysteriousness. The names, and some...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...Middleton has a son, alow buffoon: the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to he descended from any parent. They are foul anomalies,...come with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy musick. This is all we know of them. — Except Hecate, they have no names, which heightens their mysteriousness....
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...have power over the soul. — Hecate in Middleton has a son, a low buffoon : the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...any parent. They are foul anomalies, of whom we know not'whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without "human passions,...
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Retrospective Review, Volume 8

Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1823 - 402 pages
...have power over the soul. — Hecate in Middleton has a son, a low buffoon : the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended...lightning, and vanish to airy music. This is all we know of them. Except Hecate, they have no names, which heightens their mysteriousness. The names, and some...
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