Essays and Reviews, Volume 2J. R. Osgood, 1878 |
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Page 18
... objects into the form of his individual passions , and lifted his vices into a kind of Satanic dignity , by exaggerating them into shapes colossal . His imagination , hot , swift , impatient of control , pervaded by the fiery essence of ...
... objects into the form of his individual passions , and lifted his vices into a kind of Satanic dignity , by exaggerating them into shapes colossal . His imagination , hot , swift , impatient of control , pervaded by the fiery essence of ...
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... objects As gold , or titles . " The character of Virgil , in this play , has been conjec tured to refer to Shakspeare , and Horace's ( Jonson's encomium on him is characteristic and true . " Hor . His learning savors not the school ...
... objects As gold , or titles . " The character of Virgil , in this play , has been conjec tured to refer to Shakspeare , and Horace's ( Jonson's encomium on him is characteristic and true . " Hor . His learning savors not the school ...
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... objects of human pursuit , and reposing with a proud confidence on the sense of its own power and dignity . His feeling is Titanic , but his capacity is not up to his feeling . He resolutely plants himself on the soul , and subordinates ...
... objects of human pursuit , and reposing with a proud confidence on the sense of its own power and dignity . His feeling is Titanic , but his capacity is not up to his feeling . He resolutely plants himself on the soul , and subordinates ...
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... object very far from sublime . Lamb , after extracting copiously from the play , adds the following eloquent and discriminative remarks : " Though some resemblance may be traced between the charms in Macbeth and the incantations in this ...
... object very far from sublime . Lamb , after extracting copiously from the play , adds the following eloquent and discriminative remarks : " Though some resemblance may be traced between the charms in Macbeth and the incantations in this ...
Page 53
... dishonorable proposals of a duke . Vindici , the brother , whose object is simply to test the virtue of his sister , eloquently sets forth the advantages she will gain by sacrificing her honor . The OLD ENGLISH DRAMATISTS . 53 TOURNEUR.
... dishonorable proposals of a duke . Vindici , the brother , whose object is simply to test the virtue of his sister , eloquently sets forth the advantages she will gain by sacrificing her honor . The OLD ENGLISH DRAMATISTS . 53 TOURNEUR.
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