Studies of ShakspereG. Routledge, 1868 - 560 pages |
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Page 82
... sense of the word the author . But whilst we agree with the writer in the Edinburgh Review ' that " both in conception and execution it is quite unlike even his earliest manner , " we are not so con- fdent that " its date cannot ...
... sense of the word the author . But whilst we agree with the writer in the Edinburgh Review ' that " both in conception and execution it is quite unlike even his earliest manner , " we are not so con- fdent that " its date cannot ...
Page 84
... sense of the word , but the situation is not encumbered with the ornament . We would remark also , what is very striking through out the play , that the versification possesses that freedom which we find in no other writer of the time ...
... sense of the word , but the situation is not encumbered with the ornament . We would remark also , what is very striking through out the play , that the versification possesses that freedom which we find in no other writer of the time ...
Page 105
... sense in which the passage is usually received , in which he is supposed to give up Silvia to his false friend -or , at any rate , of its unfinished nature . But it is perfectly natural and probable that he should receive Proteus again ...
... sense in which the passage is usually received , in which he is supposed to give up Silvia to his false friend -or , at any rate , of its unfinished nature . But it is perfectly natural and probable that he should receive Proteus again ...
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... senses instead of the intellect . Poetry must always have something of the vague and indistinct in its character . The exact has its own province . Let science ex- plore the wilds of Africa , and map out for us where there are mighty ...
... senses instead of the intellect . Poetry must always have something of the vague and indistinct in its character . The exact has its own province . Let science ex- plore the wilds of Africa , and map out for us where there are mighty ...
Page 123
... sense with the lilies of your hand , but now I will taste the roses of your lips ; and withal kiss her to which she cannot but blushing answer , Nay , now you are too am- bitious . And then do I reply , I cannot be too ambitious of ...
... sense with the lilies of your hand , but now I will taste the roses of your lips ; and withal kiss her to which she cannot but blushing answer , Nay , now you are too am- bitious . And then do I reply , I cannot be too ambitious of ...
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Page 478 - Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
Page 235 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 490 - Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the judgment that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers
Page 494 - When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore, And the firm soil win of the wat'ry main, Increasing store with loss and loss with store; When I have seen such interchange of state, Or state itself confounded to decay, Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate, That Time will come and take my love away.
Page 497 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 161 - Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 496 - Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 103 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 106 - 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 : Go, release them, Ariel ; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore, • And they shall be themselves.
Page 470 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's •waste...