William Shakespeare: A Literary BiographyG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 587 pages |
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Page 62
... poem entitled The Thief , ed . of 1630 , p . 122 . Collier , Hist . Eng . Dram . Poetry ( 1st ed . ) , ii . p . 273 ff . " 3 1 Compare Malone's Shakespeare by Boswell ( 1821 ) , iii . 28 . 2 Wm . Shakspere ; a Biography , p . 128 ff . 3 ...
... poem entitled The Thief , ed . of 1630 , p . 122 . Collier , Hist . Eng . Dram . Poetry ( 1st ed . ) , ii . p . 273 ff . " 3 1 Compare Malone's Shakespeare by Boswell ( 1821 ) , iii . 28 . 2 Wm . Shakspere ; a Biography , p . 128 ff . 3 ...
Page 66
... poetic production , and this feeling will be the stronger the greater the mental ability . We may un- hesitatingly apply Shakespeare's own words from his " Antony and Cleopatra " ( iv . 4 ) to himself : - This morning , like the spirit ...
... poetic production , and this feeling will be the stronger the greater the mental ability . We may un- hesitatingly apply Shakespeare's own words from his " Antony and Cleopatra " ( iv . 4 ) to himself : - This morning , like the spirit ...
Page 76
... poetic temperament - whose mental development has outrun their physical powers or has increased their activity ... poems ( " Venus and Adonis " and " A Lover's Complaint " ) , places the raging passion of love in the female breast . Can ...
... poetic temperament - whose mental development has outrun their physical powers or has increased their activity ... poems ( " Venus and Adonis " and " A Lover's Complaint " ) , places the raging passion of love in the female breast . Can ...
Page 77
... poems , perhaps , be personal confessions similar to those which , at a later day , were given to us by Goethe in his " Sorrows of Werther " ? Or was it all , without exception , the poet's own imaginings ? Still it cannot but arouse ...
... poems , perhaps , be personal confessions similar to those which , at a later day , were given to us by Goethe in his " Sorrows of Werther " ? Or was it all , without exception , the poet's own imaginings ? Still it cannot but arouse ...
Page 82
... poetic flights and his work , or to obtain even a faint idea of his endeavours ! Shakespeare must soon enough have been unable to conceal the melancholy truth from himself ; he has , in fact , in several passages expressed his feelings ...
... poetic flights and his work , or to obtain even a faint idea of his endeavours ! Shakespeare must soon enough have been unable to conceal the melancholy truth from himself ; he has , in fact , in several passages expressed his feelings ...
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Page 152 - English man of war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, .tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 448 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 230 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Page 144 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 559 - This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut...
Page 539 - Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, That were the servants to this chosen infant, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him ; Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations...