The Works of George Chapman ...Chatto and Windus, 1875 |
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Page xi
... profession of faith , we find it hard to stomach the preacher's application of his text . In this same dedication , which is well worth note and regard from all students of Chapman - and with all POETICAL AND DRAMATIC WORKS . xi.
... profession of faith , we find it hard to stomach the preacher's application of his text . In this same dedication , which is well worth note and regard from all students of Chapman - and with all POETICAL AND DRAMATIC WORKS . xi.
Page xxv
... worth noting in a comedy in which the proudest among his great compeers might have permissibly taken fresh pride ; it is that the final scene of discovery which winds up the main thread and reconciles the chief agents of the intrigue is ...
... worth noting in a comedy in which the proudest among his great compeers might have permissibly taken fresh pride ; it is that the final scene of discovery which winds up the main thread and reconciles the chief agents of the intrigue is ...
Page xxvi
... worth of the work presented ; a tone by no means to be ascribed in this case to a general and genuine humility , since the dedications prefixed to his various poems , and to two among his tragedies published under his own eye , are ...
... worth of the work presented ; a tone by no means to be ascribed in this case to a general and genuine humility , since the dedications prefixed to his various poems , and to two among his tragedies published under his own eye , are ...
Page xxx
... worth remark that such a deliberate utterance of republican principle should then have been endured on the stage ; that so loud a blast of direct challenge to the dominant superstition of the day should have been blown so near the court ...
... worth remark that such a deliberate utterance of republican principle should then have been endured on the stage ; that so loud a blast of direct challenge to the dominant superstition of the day should have been blown so near the court ...
Page xxxv
... worth of a poet announced and accompanied by the proclamation of such a herald . This connexion , fortunate as in one way it was for the dramatist to whose works it secured for ever a good and trustworthy text admirably edited and ...
... worth of a poet announced and accompanied by the proclamation of such a herald . This connexion , fortunate as in one way it was for the dramatist to whose works it secured for ever a good and trustworthy text admirably edited and ...
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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.