Studies of Shakspere: Forming a Companion Volume to the National Edition of the Pictorial ShakspereCharles Knight, 1851 - 560 pages |
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... tion , ' the pride of Lucifer disdained the wor- ship of the angels , and he was cast down- In the same play we have a hymn of Abel , very sweet in its music : — " Almighty God , and full of might , By whom all thing is made of nought ...
... tion , ' the pride of Lucifer disdained the wor- ship of the angels , and he was cast down- In the same play we have a hymn of Abel , very sweet in its music : — " Almighty God , and full of might , By whom all thing is made of nought ...
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... tion which appears to have possessed the minds of the writers against the stage at this period is , that a fiction and a lie were the same . Gosson says , " The perfectest image is that which maketh the thing to seem neither greater nor ...
... tion which appears to have possessed the minds of the writers against the stage at this period is , that a fiction and a lie were the same . Gosson says , " The perfectest image is that which maketh the thing to seem neither greater nor ...
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... tion of the audience from one country to another ; and when the honourable battle of Agincourt is to be fought , " two armies fly in , represented with four swords and buck- lers , and then what hard heart will not re- ceive it for a ...
... tion of the audience from one country to another ; and when the honourable battle of Agincourt is to be fought , " two armies fly in , represented with four swords and buck- lers , and then what hard heart will not re- ceive it for a ...
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... in the place of earnest passion ; rhetorical descrip- tion thrusts out scenic action . Some of the lines , no doubt , are forcible and impressive , but at the same time real . The lowest art 22 [ BOOK I. STUDIES OF SHAKSPERE .
... in the place of earnest passion ; rhetorical descrip- tion thrusts out scenic action . Some of the lines , no doubt , are forcible and impressive , but at the same time real . The lowest art 22 [ BOOK I. STUDIES OF SHAKSPERE .
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... tion . The first English dramatists , and those who worked upon their model , appear to have gone upon the principle that they produced the most perfect work of art when they took their art entirely out of the pro- vince of nature . The ...
... tion . The first English dramatists , and those who worked upon their model , appear to have gone upon the principle that they produced the most perfect work of art when they took their art entirely out of the pro- vince of nature . The ...
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