Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and HistoricalSaunders and Otley, 1837 - 382 pagini |
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Pagina v
... speak his language . " But it has been justly observed , that , as an analysis of the female characters of Shakspeare's plays , the work is imperfect ; for that many of them , and not the least striking , have been slightly noticed , or ...
... speak his language . " But it has been justly observed , that , as an analysis of the female characters of Shakspeare's plays , the work is imperfect ; for that many of them , and not the least striking , have been slightly noticed , or ...
Pagina 3
... how could you , ( saving the reverence due to a lady authoress , and speaking as one reasonable being to another , ) choose such a threadbare subject ? What do you mean ? ALDA . MEDON . I 1 INTRODUCTION . 3 INTRODUCTION.
... how could you , ( saving the reverence due to a lady authoress , and speaking as one reasonable being to another , ) choose such a threadbare subject ? What do you mean ? ALDA . MEDON . I 1 INTRODUCTION . 3 INTRODUCTION.
Pagina 4
... speak with levity or contempt of the whole race of women ? MEDON . Perhaps I might answer like Voltaire " Hélas ! ils pourraient bien avoir raison tous deux . " But do you thence infer that both are good for nothing ? ALDA . Thence I ...
... speak with levity or contempt of the whole race of women ? MEDON . Perhaps I might answer like Voltaire " Hélas ! ils pourraient bien avoir raison tous deux . " But do you thence infer that both are good for nothing ? ALDA . Thence I ...
Pagina 10
... speaking , are by na- ture too much subjected to suffering in many forms- have too much of fancy and sensibility , and too much of that faculty which some philosophers call veneration , to be naturally satirical . I have known but one ...
... speaking , are by na- ture too much subjected to suffering in many forms- have too much of fancy and sensibility , and too much of that faculty which some philosophers call veneration , to be naturally satirical . I have known but one ...
Pagina 12
... speak of those which have been handed down to us by many different authorities under different aspects we cannot judge without prejudice ; in others there occur certain chasms which it is difficult to supply ; and hence inconsistencies ...
... speak of those which have been handed down to us by many different authorities under different aspects we cannot judge without prejudice ; in others there occur certain chasms which it is difficult to supply ; and hence inconsistencies ...
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admiration affections ALDA Antigone Antony Bassanio Beatrice beauty behold Benedick breath Bretagne Cæsar Camiola character charm CLEOPATRA coloring Constance Cordelia Coriolanus daughter death delicacy Desdemona dignity dramatic earth eloquence exquisite eyes fair fancy father fear feeling female feminine fond gentle Gentlemen of Verona grace grandeur grief Hamlet hath heart heaven Helena Hermione honor horror husband imagination Imogen impression innocence intellect Isabella Juliet Katharine king Lady Macbeth Leontes lord lover madam Madame de Staël marriage MEDON mind Miranda moral mother nature never noble o'er once Ophelia Othello passion PAULINA Perdita pity placed play poetical poetry Portia portrait pride prince queen racter Romeo Romeo and Juliet Rosalind scene scorn sense sentiment Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shylock simplicity soft soul speak speech spirit story sweet temper tenderness thee Thekla thing thou thought tion touch truth Viola virtue VOLUMNIA whole wife Winter's Tale woman women words youth
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Pagina 67 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Pagina 366 - Like the poor cat i' the adage? Macb. Prithee, peace I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Lady M. What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man.
Pagina 344 - Must pity drop upon her. Verily, I swear, 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Pagina 55 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Pagina 364 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Pagina 139 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Pagina 238 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Pagina 142 - Say there be; Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean: so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes.
Pagina 269 - tis most certain, Iras. Saucy lictors Will catch at us, like strumpets ; and scald rhymers Ballad us out o' tune : the quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and present Our Alexandrian revels : Antony Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I
Pagina 133 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.