The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from Each Play, with a General Index, Digesting Them Under Proper Heads |
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Page xxii
No slight portion of our enthusiasm for his writings , may be traced to the fair picture which they present of our author's character : we love the tenderness of heart — the candor and openness , and singleness of mind - the largeness ...
No slight portion of our enthusiasm for his writings , may be traced to the fair picture which they present of our author's character : we love the tenderness of heart — the candor and openness , and singleness of mind - the largeness ...
Page xxxi
... passion is that which passes most directly to the heart ; but it is not with the works of his experienced years , that this " ' bloody tragedy " should be compared ; if it be , we certainly should find a difficulty in admitting that ...
... passion is that which passes most directly to the heart ; but it is not with the works of his experienced years , that this " ' bloody tragedy " should be compared ; if it be , we certainly should find a difficulty in admitting that ...
Page xxxiv
Trust them not ( i . e . the players ) , for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers , that with his tyger'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 ...
Trust them not ( i . e . the players ) , for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers , that with his tyger'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 ...
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In the privacy of his native town , all the affections of his heart appear to have been " garner'd up ; " and there , from his beginning to reap the wages of success , he deposited the emoluments of his labors , and hoped to find a home ...
In the privacy of his native town , all the affections of his heart appear to have been " garner'd up ; " and there , from his beginning to reap the wages of success , he deposited the emoluments of his labors , and hoped to find a home ...
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And , indeed , had she been silent on the subject , his own works would have whispered to us the truth ; would have told us , in almost every page , of the gentleness , the benevolence , and the goodness , of his heart .
And , indeed , had she been silent on the subject , his own works would have whispered to us the truth ; would have told us , in almost every page , of the gentleness , the benevolence , and the goodness , of his heart .
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