The Emerald, Volumes 1-2Belcher & Armstrong, 1806 |
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Page 64
... Macbeth are both , indeed , extremely well managed , and , in my opinion , extremely alike : They have the same courage , the same undaunted ambition , uncurbed freedom of will , and spirited fortitude in the hour of destruction . They ...
... Macbeth are both , indeed , extremely well managed , and , in my opinion , extremely alike : They have the same courage , the same undaunted ambition , uncurbed freedom of will , and spirited fortitude in the hour of destruction . They ...
Page 65
... Macbeth in almost every situation , confesses his guilt , yet plunges into deeds of tenfold horror . Lady Macbeth might be | also introduced here ; but female tenderness denies her savage tem- per . The most apparent touch , that ...
... Macbeth in almost every situation , confesses his guilt , yet plunges into deeds of tenfold horror . Lady Macbeth might be | also introduced here ; but female tenderness denies her savage tem- per . The most apparent touch , that ...
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... Macbeth . The ob- jection implied by the difficulty those of the auditors , who may not However our great poet may be condemned for his introducing ghosts into his plays , his abilities in the conduct of them shine with con- spicuous ...
... Macbeth . The ob- jection implied by the difficulty those of the auditors , who may not However our great poet may be condemned for his introducing ghosts into his plays , his abilities in the conduct of them shine with con- spicuous ...
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... Macbeth for the few in- further vindication of Shakespeare . consistences and improbabilities as- The difference between an epic cribed to it . When we consider and a dramatic poem consists chief- the audiences , for whom Shakes- ly in ...
... Macbeth for the few in- further vindication of Shakespeare . consistences and improbabilities as- The difference between an epic cribed to it . When we consider and a dramatic poem consists chief- the audiences , for whom Shakes- ly in ...
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... Macbeth . The tobacconist of Gretna Green , ac- the Guilford assizes is a bon vivan of rare talents . It is said he treats himself to a gallon of Hollands every couple he marries , and during the summer season he marries two couples per ...
... Macbeth . The tobacconist of Gretna Green , ac- the Guilford assizes is a bon vivan of rare talents . It is said he treats himself to a gallon of Hollands every couple he marries , and during the summer season he marries two couples per ...
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Page 276 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend — This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And, having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 276 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath...
Page 276 - I ne'er could any lustre see In eyes that would not look on me ; I ne'er saw nectar on a lip, But where my own did hope to sip.
Page 177 - Christian religion, which might be drawn from the prophecies of the Old Testament, from the necessary connection it has with the whole system of the Jewish religion, from the miracles of Christ, and from the evidence given of his resurrection by all the other apostles, he thought the conversion of St Paul alone, duly considered, was of itself a demonstration sufficient to prove Christianity to be a divine revelation.
Page 30 - Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law ; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law out of office.
Page 224 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 237 - ... if wise men and prophets be not extremely out, have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
Page 235 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Page 200 - Be yet patient! I have but a few words more to say. I am going to my cold and silent grave : my lamp of life is nearly extinguished : my race is run : the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom!
Page 210 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?