The Works of Shakespeare, Volume 11Macmillan Company, 1904 |
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Page 11
... action . It embraced humour as readily as it embraced the most serious conviction and the most elevated emotion . It was , therefore , entirely congru- ous with the deepest piety of the time that grotesque figures , monstrous gargoyles ...
... action . It embraced humour as readily as it embraced the most serious conviction and the most elevated emotion . It was , therefore , entirely congru- ous with the deepest piety of the time that grotesque figures , monstrous gargoyles ...
Page 19
... action , the rush of incident , the swift accumulation of horrors , which characterize this sanguinary play , Seneca would have found few suggestions of his own methods and temper . The blank verse in which it is written , however ...
... action , the rush of incident , the swift accumulation of horrors , which characterize this sanguinary play , Seneca would have found few suggestions of his own methods and temper . The blank verse in which it is written , however ...
Page 23
... limitations of human power in action and in creation ; he flung himself passionately against the immovable barriers , and grasped at the impossible . But his failures were redeemed by superb successes . He 23 The Forerunners of Shakespeare.
... limitations of human power in action and in creation ; he flung himself passionately against the immovable barriers , and grasped at the impossible . But his failures were redeemed by superb successes . He 23 The Forerunners of Shakespeare.
Page 48
... his own poised and harmonious spirit ; its quality is diffused through his work . For nature in the plays is always subordinate to the unfolding of character through action , but is so clearly limned , 48 William Shakespeare.
... his own poised and harmonious spirit ; its quality is diffused through his work . For nature in the plays is always subordinate to the unfolding of character through action , but is so clearly limned , 48 William Shakespeare.
Page 49
William Shakespeare Charles Harold Herford. character through action , but is so clearly limned , so constantly in view , so much and so significantly a part of the complete impression which conveys not only a drama but its setting and ...
William Shakespeare Charles Harold Herford. character through action , but is so clearly limned , so constantly in view , so much and so significantly a part of the complete impression which conveys not only a drama but its setting and ...
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