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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Strana 1
... write their history on the surface of the earth , or in the hearts of their fellow - men . That an individual had sprung from ancestors who had spilled their blood in the battle of Hastings , that he had been nurtured with great care ...
... write their history on the surface of the earth , or in the hearts of their fellow - men . That an individual had sprung from ancestors who had spilled their blood in the battle of Hastings , that he had been nurtured with great care ...
Strana 3
... write a history of Shakspeare's critics . Every writer who undertook to edit Shakspeare , and to criticise his works , commenced his task quite con- vinced that he was the only man who understood the dramatist . He despised the labours ...
... write a history of Shakspeare's critics . Every writer who undertook to edit Shakspeare , and to criticise his works , commenced his task quite con- vinced that he was the only man who understood the dramatist . He despised the labours ...
Strana 7
... writer who fulfils these unities the most perfectly be the greatest dramatist , then Shakspeare , who always neglects them , must be considered one of the worst dramatists . If the play in which these unities are the most carefully ...
... writer who fulfils these unities the most perfectly be the greatest dramatist , then Shakspeare , who always neglects them , must be considered one of the worst dramatists . If the play in which these unities are the most carefully ...
Strana 10
... write verses that might be sung . They did not at first attempt to portray human life . The drama was subordinate to the chorus . Shakspeare was writing for a very different time , and for a very different people . His object was ...
... write verses that might be sung . They did not at first attempt to portray human life . The drama was subordinate to the chorus . Shakspeare was writing for a very different time , and for a very different people . His object was ...
Strana 12
... write on subjects upon which the Greeks had not touched . And yet his best plays are those in which he has had the courage to trust to his own powers . Britannicus and Athalie are infinitely superior to Les Freres Ennemis and Iphi ...
... write on subjects upon which the Greeks had not touched . And yet his best plays are those in which he has had the courage to trust to his own powers . Britannicus and Athalie are infinitely superior to Les Freres Ennemis and Iphi ...
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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.