Lectures on English History and Tragic Poetry, as Illustrated by ShakespeareParry & McMillan, 1856 - 466 Seiten |
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... drama is not used merely as a mode of illustrating historical records or lightening their gravity , not as a means of entertainment and relief , but as an instrument of deep philosophy in com- bining two great departments of human ...
... drama is not used merely as a mode of illustrating historical records or lightening their gravity , not as a means of entertainment and relief , but as an instrument of deep philosophy in com- bining two great departments of human ...
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... drama . The earliest of the reigns thus illustrated is that of King John ; the latest is that of Henry the Eighth : and between these , are Richard the Second , Henry the Fourth , the Fifth , the Sixth , and Richard the Third . This is ...
... drama . The earliest of the reigns thus illustrated is that of King John ; the latest is that of Henry the Eighth : and between these , are Richard the Second , Henry the Fourth , the Fifth , the Sixth , and Richard the Third . This is ...
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... drama by a living poet , the Philip Van Artavelde of Henry Taylor , —to show how the image of the past is there presented . We gain the vision , when we read the words with which Van Artavelde addresses his companions as they see the ...
... drama by a living poet , the Philip Van Artavelde of Henry Taylor , —to show how the image of the past is there presented . We gain the vision , when we read the words with which Van Artavelde addresses his companions as they see the ...
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... drama , there must needs be this poetic process , by which the actual is subordinated to the ideal , that which is inconsiderable put out of sight , and such unity given to the subject as will best display its real truth . It is one of ...
... drama , there must needs be this poetic process , by which the actual is subordinated to the ideal , that which is inconsiderable put out of sight , and such unity given to the subject as will best display its real truth . It is one of ...
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... drama carries us into the region of lofty passions - that its largest element is that of tragedy that it is by suffering that the characters of men and nations are formed and disciplined — that it is in the school of adver- sity that ...
... drama carries us into the region of lofty passions - that its largest element is that of tragedy that it is by suffering that the characters of men and nations are formed and disciplined — that it is in the school of adver- sity that ...
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ancient Banquo battle beautiful blood Bolingbroke Britain British career character Christian chroniclers conquest course crown dark death drama Duke Duke of York Edward Edward the Confessor elements England English history faith Falstaff father feeling France genius gentle give guilt Hamlet hand hath heart heaven Henry the Fifth Henry the Fourth historian honour house of York human Iago Iago's illustration imagination innocent intellect Joan of Arc Julius Cæsar King John King Lear Lancaster Lancastrian land lecture look Lord Macbeth memory mind misery moral murder mysterious nature noble Othello palace passions period play poet poet's poetic poetry pride Prince Prince of Wales racter reign of Henry Richard the Second Roman royal Saxon scene seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's sorrow soul sovereign speak spirit story supernatural sympathy thee thing thou thought throne tion tragedy tragic truth utterance victory words Wordsworth's Yorkists
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 304 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie, His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Seite 456 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Seite 389 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Seite 140 - And, father Cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven; If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Seite 306 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, 40 thou hast built a paper-mill.
Seite 460 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster.
Seite 326 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Seite 141 - 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.
Seite 333 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee: Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Seite 176 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...