Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical: With Fifty Vignette Etchings, Volume 2Saunders and Otley, 1833 |
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... CONSTANCE OF BRETAGNE ELINOR OF GUIENNE BLANCHE OF CASTILE · MARGARET OF ANJOU KATHERINE OF ARRAGON LADY MACBETH 1 31 50 88 • 117 169 175 191 233 236 245 · 260 • 299 SUBJECTS OF THE VIGNETTES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME .
... CONSTANCE OF BRETAGNE ELINOR OF GUIENNE BLANCHE OF CASTILE · MARGARET OF ANJOU KATHERINE OF ARRAGON LADY MACBETH 1 31 50 88 • 117 169 175 191 233 236 245 · 260 • 299 SUBJECTS OF THE VIGNETTES CONTAINED IN THE SECOND VOLUME .
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... . THE THRONE OF QUEEN KATHERINE . 47. THE ARRIVAL OF QUEEN KATHERINE . 48. THE QUEEN LILY . 49. SPIRITS OF PEACE . 50. LADY MACBETH . 51. THE MEDUSA . HERMIONE 1 CHARACTERS OF THE AFFECTIONS . CHARACTERS in which viii LIST OF ETCHINGS .
... . THE THRONE OF QUEEN KATHERINE . 47. THE ARRIVAL OF QUEEN KATHERINE . 48. THE QUEEN LILY . 49. SPIRITS OF PEACE . 50. LADY MACBETH . 51. THE MEDUSA . HERMIONE 1 CHARACTERS OF THE AFFECTIONS . CHARACTERS in which viii LIST OF ETCHINGS .
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... Macbeth ; but to de- lineate such a character in the poetical form , to develope it through the medium of action and dia- logue , without the aid of description ; to preserve its tranquil , mild and serious beauty , its unim- passioned ...
... Macbeth ; but to de- lineate such a character in the poetical form , to develope it through the medium of action and dia- logue , without the aid of description ; to preserve its tranquil , mild and serious beauty , its unim- passioned ...
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... Macbeth , the despair of Constance , the arts of Cleopatra , and the distresses of Katherine , had a real existence ; but it adds infinitely to the moral * Milton . effect , as a subject of contemplation and a lesson CLEOPATRA . 119 ...
... Macbeth , the despair of Constance , the arts of Cleopatra , and the distresses of Katherine , had a real existence ; but it adds infinitely to the moral * Milton . effect , as a subject of contemplation and a lesson CLEOPATRA . 119 ...
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... Macbeth , would never have given us a heroine without a touch of heroism : he would not have portrayed a high - hearted woman , strug- gling unsubdued against the strangest vicissitudes of fortune , meeting reverses and disasters , such ...
... Macbeth , would never have given us a heroine without a touch of heroism : he would not have portrayed a high - hearted woman , strug- gling unsubdued against the strangest vicissitudes of fortune , meeting reverses and disasters , such ...
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Page 228 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 318 - Like the poor cat i' the adage? Macb. Prithee, peace I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Lady M. What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man.
Page 315 - 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 X Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair.
Page 104 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man ; Yet I am doubtful ; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments, nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me ; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 318 - As thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that Which thou esteem'st the ornament of life, And live a coward in thine own esteem, Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i
Page 317 - Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon. Lady M. Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since? And wakes it now, to look so green and pale At what it did so freely ? From this time Such I account thy love. Art thou...
Page 291 - Orpheus with his lute made trees. And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung ; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Page 152 - We'll bury him; and then, what's brave, what's noble, Let's do it after the high Roman fashion, And make Death proud to take us. Come, away; This case of that huge spirit now is cold. Ah, women, women! come; we have no friend But resolution, and the briefest end.
Page 40 - But here's my husband; And so much duty as my mother show'd To you, preferring you before her father, So much I challenge that I may profess Due to the Moor, my lord.
Page 322 - Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win.