The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xxvi
... boards at all , may naturally have moved the author to assert their right to respect and acceptance with more studied emphasis than usual ; in the earlier instance at least he is emphatic enough in his appeal from the verdict of the ...
... boards at all , may naturally have moved the author to assert their right to respect and acceptance with more studied emphasis than usual ; in the earlier instance at least he is emphatic enough in his appeal from the verdict of the ...
Page xxxviii
... board ; there are passages of a sublime and Titanic beauty , rebellious and excessive in style as in sentiment , but full of majestic and massive harmony . The magnificent speech of the hero , stricken to death and leaning on his sword ...
... board ; there are passages of a sublime and Titanic beauty , rebellious and excessive in style as in sentiment , but full of majestic and massive harmony . The magnificent speech of the hero , stricken to death and leaning on his sword ...
Page xxxix
... boards , we can discover no such pretext to account for the apparent favour shown to his next venture in the same field . It has no passage comparable for force and vehemence of imagination to the highest moods of the author of Bussy d ...
... boards , we can discover no such pretext to account for the apparent favour shown to his next venture in the same field . It has no passage comparable for force and vehemence of imagination to the highest moods of the author of Bussy d ...
Page xl
... boards for a single night would have been remarkable enough ; but its reappearance at various theatres is all but incredible . The standard of culture and the level of intelligence required in its auditors surpass what we can conceive ...
... boards for a single night would have been remarkable enough ; but its reappearance at various theatres is all but incredible . The standard of culture and the level of intelligence required in its auditors surpass what we can conceive ...
Page xlviii
... boards its long - preserved immunity from the touch of actors or managers , we may , I suppose , after the author's assurance of its virginity at the date of publication , be tolerably confident . Twenty years after the death of Chapman ...
... boards its long - preserved immunity from the touch of actors or managers , we may , I suppose , after the author's assurance of its virginity at the date of publication , be tolerably confident . Twenty years after the death of Chapman ...
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Page 57 - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by Fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin We wish that one should lose, the other win; And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect. The reason no man knows; let it suffice. What we behold is censured by our eyes.