The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xii
... rich inextricable confusion for them to sift and sort who list . But this , we see , was far enough from his purpose . He takes his motto from Persius : - : -- " Quis leget hæc ? Nemo , hercule , nemo ; Vel duo vel nemo ; " and the ...
... rich inextricable confusion for them to sift and sort who list . But this , we see , was far enough from his purpose . He takes his motto from Persius : - : -- " Quis leget hæc ? Nemo , hercule , nemo ; Vel duo vel nemo ; " and the ...
Page xix
... rich in fine verses which struggle into sight through the vaporous atmosphere of bombast and confusion ; it is thoughtful , carnest , eloquent , with interludes of mere violent and dissonant declamation , and rarer flashes of high and ...
... rich in fine verses which struggle into sight through the vaporous atmosphere of bombast and confusion ; it is thoughtful , carnest , eloquent , with interludes of mere violent and dissonant declamation , and rarer flashes of high and ...
Page xxv
... rich field of our Elizabethan drama . The style is limpid and luminous as running water , the verse pure , simple , smooth and strong , the dialogue always bright , fluent , lively , and at times relieved with delicate touches of high ...
... rich field of our Elizabethan drama . The style is limpid and luminous as running water , the verse pure , simple , smooth and strong , the dialogue always bright , fluent , lively , and at times relieved with delicate touches of high ...
Page xxvi
... rich in rhetorical passages of noble eloquence ; but in all points of workmanlike construction and dramatic harmony they are incomparably inferior to the better sort of his comedies . · The year of the publication of All Fools was ...
... rich in rhetorical passages of noble eloquence ; but in all points of workmanlike construction and dramatic harmony they are incomparably inferior to the better sort of his comedies . · The year of the publication of All Fools was ...
Page xxvii
... rich tradesman , the shop with its stall in front , the usurer's lodging , the waterside tavern , the Thames wharfs , stand out as sharply as if etched by the pen of Dickens or the needle of Whistler . The London of Hogarth , as set ...
... rich tradesman , the shop with its stall in front , the usurer's lodging , the waterside tavern , the Thames wharfs , stand out as sharply as if etched by the pen of Dickens or the needle of Whistler . The London of Hogarth , as set ...
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Page 57 - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by Fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin We wish that one should lose, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice. What we behold is censured by our eyes.