An Essay on the Play of The Tempest: With Remarks on the Superstitions of the Middle Ages; Some Original Observations on the Character of Caliban; with Various Reflections on the Writings and Genius of Shakspere. Read Before the Shakspere Club, 6th September, 1839J. Fellowes, 1840 - 58 Seiten |
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... we arriv'd , Here have I , thy school master , made thee more profit , Than other princes can , that have more time , For vainer hours , and tutors not so careful . a passage , which at once conveys to us , ON THE TEMPEST . 13.
... we arriv'd , Here have I , thy school master , made thee more profit , Than other princes can , that have more time , For vainer hours , and tutors not so careful . a passage , which at once conveys to us , ON THE TEMPEST . 13.
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... passage , which at once conveys to us , the ex- cellence of Prospero , as a parent , and his inde- pendence as a man ; impressed with the importance of those duties , which devolve upon parents , in regard to a correct education for ...
... passage , which at once conveys to us , the ex- cellence of Prospero , as a parent , and his inde- pendence as a man ; impressed with the importance of those duties , which devolve upon parents , in regard to a correct education for ...
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... passage in the commencement of which , having formed the source of the foregoing observations . We left the good Gonzalo , speculating upon the form of government , which he wished to adopt in the island , but these speculations , had ...
... passage in the commencement of which , having formed the source of the foregoing observations . We left the good Gonzalo , speculating upon the form of government , which he wished to adopt in the island , but these speculations , had ...
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... passage of Anthonio's , when he is speaking of Claribel , Queen of Tunis , -She that dwells Ten leagues beyond man's life , A space , where every cubit , Seems to cry out - How shall that Claribel Measure us back to Naples . This is ...
... passage of Anthonio's , when he is speaking of Claribel , Queen of Tunis , -She that dwells Ten leagues beyond man's life , A space , where every cubit , Seems to cry out - How shall that Claribel Measure us back to Naples . This is ...
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... passage , an instructive lesson is con- veyed , and a warning held out to those , who , like Alonzo and Anthonio , amidst the machinations of wild ambition , and surrounded by that wealth and power , often obtained through deeds of ...
... passage , an instructive lesson is con- veyed , and a warning held out to those , who , like Alonzo and Anthonio , amidst the machinations of wild ambition , and surrounded by that wealth and power , often obtained through deeds of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 39 - You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort, As if you were dismay'd : be cheerful, sir. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air...
Seite 23 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Seite 17 - em. Caliban. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me and mad'st much of me, wouldst give me Water with berries in't, and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.
Seite 22 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and...
Seite 45 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art/ Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further.
Seite 35 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Seite 1 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Seite 49 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro.
Seite 4 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL...
Seite 53 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear. The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...