 The greatness of Lear is not in corporal dimension, but in intellectual : the explosions of his passion are terrible as a volcano ; they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches.  The Works of Charles Lamb - Pagina 95de Charles Lamb - 1881Vizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 pagini
...be to represent Lear: they might more easily propose to personate the Satan of Milton upon a stage, or one of Michael Angelo's terrible figures. -The...all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid hare. This case of flesh and blood seems too insignificant to be thought on ; even as he himself neglects... | |
 | 1815 - 558 pagini
...to represent Lear: they might more easily propose to personate the S;itjn of 31ilton upon a singe, or one of Michael Angelo's terrible figures. The greatness...volcano : they are storms turning up and disclosing to (he bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case... | |
 | 1815 - 628 pagini
...personate the Satan of Milfon upon a stage, or one of Michael Angelo's terrible figures. The grealness of Lear is not in corporal dimension, but in intellectual...explosions of his passion are terrible as a volcano : they arc storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mind, withall its vast riches. It... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pagini
...inadequate to represent the horrors of the real elements than any actor can be to represent Lear. 1 The greatness of Lear is not in corporal dimension, but in intellectual; the explosions of his passions are terrible as a volcano: they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that rich... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pagini
...inadequate to represent the horrours of the real elements, than any actor can be to represent Lear. The greatness of Lear is not in corporal dimension, but in intellectual; the explosions of his passions are terrible as a volcano : they are slorms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that rich... | |
 | 1821 - 420 pagini
...be to represent Lear : they might more easily propose to personate the Satan of Milton upon a stage, or one of Michael Angelo's terrible figures. The greatness...that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is bis mind which is laid bare. This care of flesh and blood seems too insignificant to be thought on... | |
 | John Iliff Wilson - 1821 - 348 pagini
...be to represent Lear : they might more easily propose to personate the Satan of Milton upon a stage, or one of Michael Angelo's terrible figures. The greatness of Lear is not in corporeal dimension, but in intellectual : the explosions of his passion are terrible as a volcano... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1822 - 430 pagini
...be to represent Lear : they might more easily propose to personate the Satan of Milton upon a stage, or one of Michael Angelo's terrible figures. The greatness...vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This care of flesh and blood seems too insignificant to be thought on ; even as he himself neglects it.... | |
 | 1822 - 628 pagini
...imagination to aching. " The explosions of his passion," as Mr. Lamb has written in an excellent criticism, " are terrible as a volcano ; they are storms turning...bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches." Such a scene wanted relief, and Shakespear, we may rely upon it, gives us the best. But it is acted... | |
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