Prize essay on the historical plays of Shakspeare. Written for the Stephen endowment prize, King's coll., Lond. [by T. Macknight].Wickham & Yelland, 1850 - 90 strán (strany) |
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... surely nothing can be more perfect than the plays of Racine . They are exquisite productions . But when we look for something more , when we look for some original intellectual creations , when we look for a just and true picture of the ...
... surely nothing can be more perfect than the plays of Racine . They are exquisite productions . But when we look for something more , when we look for some original intellectual creations , when we look for a just and true picture of the ...
Strana 21
... surely a nobler philanthropy than that of Voltaire . There is surely a philanthropy founded on the love of our country , and compatible with the ten- derest sympathies at our own firesides . It is this that Shakspeare teaches us in the ...
... surely a nobler philanthropy than that of Voltaire . There is surely a philanthropy founded on the love of our country , and compatible with the ten- derest sympathies at our own firesides . It is this that Shakspeare teaches us in the ...
Strana 29
... surely have done so with perfect ease in the drama of Henry the Eighth without his attacks being at all out of place . But it will be seen that he does not avail himself of this opportunity . It will be seen that , while , as was to be ...
... surely have done so with perfect ease in the drama of Henry the Eighth without his attacks being at all out of place . But it will be seen that he does not avail himself of this opportunity . It will be seen that , while , as was to be ...
Strana 30
... surely read that scene without tears . When Hubert , at last , relents , when he tells Arthur that he will not put out his eyes , and swears to protect him , this win- ning picture of childhood , simplicity , innocence , and virtue is ...
... surely read that scene without tears . When Hubert , at last , relents , when he tells Arthur that he will not put out his eyes , and swears to protect him , this win- ning picture of childhood , simplicity , innocence , and virtue is ...
Strana 32
... surely it is very remarkable that , in a play which gives us such a good general idea of King John's reign , there should never be even the most distant allusion to the Great Charter . If a great dramatist were now to delineate the ...
... surely it is very remarkable that , in a play which gives us such a good general idea of King John's reign , there should never be even the most distant allusion to the Great Charter . If a great dramatist were now to delineate the ...
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Strana 20 - This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed and famous by their birth. Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's son: This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear land, Dear for her reputation through the world...
Strana 39 - Stand bare and naked, trembling at themselves ? So when this thief, this traitor, Bolingbroke, Who all this while hath revell'd in the night, : Whilst we were wand'ring with the antipodes, Shall see us rising in our throne, the east...
Strana 68 - ... 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, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.
Strana 58 - All arts to them are vanity ; and if you tell them what a glorious thing it is to have Henry the Fifth represented on the stage, leading the French King prisoner and forcing both him and the Dolphin to swear fealty.
Strana 74 - The fame went that he had the same night a dreadful and a terrible dream ; for it seemed to him, being asleep, that he saw divers images like terrible devils, which pulled and hauled him, not suffering him to take any quiet or rest.
Strana 20 - This fortress, built by nature for herself, Against infection and the hand of war; This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed spot, this earth, this realm, this England.
Strana 22 - Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum strong enough, and singlehanded I can move the world.
Strana 29 - His natural laws prevail in the heavens above, in the earth beneath, and in the waters under the earth...
Strana 54 - Stage poets have themselves been very bold with, and others very merry at, the memory of sir John Oldcastle, whom they have fancied a boon companion, a jovial royster, and a coward to boot The best is, sir John Falstaff hath relieved the memory of sir John Oldcastle, and of late is substituted buffoon in his place.
Strana 66 - England ; and the account of their lives, their zeal, their eloquence and sufferings for conscience sake, is one of the most interesting chapters in the history of the human mind.