| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...never raised more laughter or contempt than in the bands of sbakspeare. I cannot reconcile my heart tu g wanting, but his comedy often surpasses expectation...skill, his comedy to be instinct. The force of his I lit story of Bertram and Uiuna had been told before of Mariana and Angelo, and, to con less the truth,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...sport of the stage, but perhaps never raised more laughter or contempt than in the hands of Shakspeare. I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram — a man noble...sneaks home to a second marriage, is accused by a woman he has wronged, defends himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness. The story of Bertram and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 394 pages
...of the stage ; but perhaps never raised more laughter or contempt than in the hands of Shakspeare. I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram ; a man noble...by a woman whom he has wronged ; defends himself by falshood ; and is dismissed to happiness.' 5 ARGUMENT Helena, the daughter of a celebrated physician,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1843 - 360 pages
...my heart to Bertram ; a man noble without generosity, and young without truth ; who marries Helena as a coward, and leaves her as a profligate : when...himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness." We have no desire to reconcile our hearts to Bertram ; all that we demand is, that he should not move... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 554 pages
...sport of the stage, but perhaps never raised more laughter or contempt than in the hands of Shakspeare. I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram — a man noble...sneaks home to a second marriage, is accused by a woman he has wronged, defends himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness. The story of Bertram and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1846 - 560 pages
...more laughter or contempt than in the hands of Shakspeare. I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram—a man noble without generosity, and young without truth;...sneaks home to a second marriage, is accused by a woman he has wronged, defends himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness. The story of Bertram and... | |
| William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847 - 536 pages
...sport of the stage, but perhaps never raised more laughter or contempt than in the hands of Shakspeare. I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram ; a man noble...Bertram and Diana had been told before of Mariana and Angelo, and to confess the truth, scarcely merited to be heard a second time. JOHNSON. TAMING OF THE... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 726 pages
...marries Helena as a coward, and leaves her as a profligate — when she is dead by his unkindncss, Angelo, and, to confess the truth, scarcely merited to be heard a second time." — JOHNSON. " The... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...my heart to Bertram ; a man noble without generosity, and young without truth ; who marries Helena as a coward, and leaves her as a profligate : when...himself by falsehood, and is dismissed to happiness." If the Bertram of the comedy were a real personage of flesh and blood, with whom the business of life... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 586 pages
...sport of the stage, but perhaps never raised more laughter or contempt than in the hands of Shakspeare. I cannot reconcile my heart to Bertram — a man noble...sneaks home to a second marriage, is accused by a woman he has wronged, defends himself by fa<senood, and is dismissed to happiness. The story of Bertram and... | |
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