Studies of Shakespeare in the Plays of King John, Cymbeline, Macbeth, As You Like It, Much Ado about Nothing, Romeo and Juliet: With Observations on the Criticism and the Acting of Those Plays |
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Page 128
... Macduff . Wherefore did you so ? Macb . Who can be wise , amaz'd , temperate and furious , Loyal and neutral , in a moment ? No man : The expedition of my violent love Outran the pauser , reason . Assuredly , too , the dramatist had his ...
... Macduff . Wherefore did you so ? Macb . Who can be wise , amaz'd , temperate and furious , Loyal and neutral , in a moment ? No man : The expedition of my violent love Outran the pauser , reason . Assuredly , too , the dramatist had his ...
Page 129
... Macduff , and shortly after , Banquo , cries out , " Look to the lady ; " but that we find not the smallest sign of attention paid to her situation by Macbeth himself , who , arguing from his own character to hers , might regard it ...
... Macduff , and shortly after , Banquo , cries out , " Look to the lady ; " but that we find not the smallest sign of attention paid to her situation by Macbeth himself , who , arguing from his own character to hers , might regard it ...
Page 139
... Macduff as the next great object of his distrust- How sayst thou - that Macduff denies his person At our great bidding ? — but he has begun to suspect everybody : - There's not ... Macduff's family in re- venge for MACBETH AND MACDUFF . 139.
... Macduff as the next great object of his distrust- How sayst thou - that Macduff denies his person At our great bidding ? — but he has begun to suspect everybody : - There's not ... Macduff's family in re- venge for MACBETH AND MACDUFF . 139.
Page 140
... Macduff's family in re- venge for his own escape , is but the first of these strange things , " the series of which is expressed in those words of Macduff to Malcolm : - 66 Each new morn , New widows howl ; new orphans cry ; new sorrows ...
... Macduff's family in re- venge for his own escape , is but the first of these strange things , " the series of which is expressed in those words of Macduff to Malcolm : - 66 Each new morn , New widows howl ; new orphans cry ; new sorrows ...
Page 149
... in the thoughts he has already con- ceived - they do but urge him along the course upon which he has spontaneously entered : - - Macbeth ! Macbeth ! Macbeth ! beware Macduff— Beware the 0 2 MACBETH AND THE WEIRD SISTERS . 149.
... in the thoughts he has already con- ceived - they do but urge him along the course upon which he has spontaneously entered : - - Macbeth ! Macbeth ! Macbeth ! beware Macduff— Beware the 0 2 MACBETH AND THE WEIRD SISTERS . 149.
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Page 313 - Do not swear at all ; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee.
Page 114 - The Prince of Cumberland! that is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Page 362 - Ah, dear Juliet, Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe That unsubstantial death is amorous ; And that the lean abhorred monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour?
Page 178 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me : I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 112 - Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 19 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 310 - O Romeo, Romeo ! wherefore art thou Romeo ? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name : Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Page 125 - Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Page 312 - At lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs. O gentle Romeo, If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully. Or, if thou think'st I am too quickly won, I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light, But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Page 130 - To be thus is nothing ; But to be safely thus. — Our fears in Banquo Stick deep ; and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd : 't is much he dares ; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety.