An Essay on the Play of The Tempest: With Remarks on the Superstitions of the Middle Ages; Some Original Observations on the Character of Caliban; with Various Reflections on the Writings and Genius of Shakspere. Read Before the Shakspere Club, 6th September, 1839J. Fellowes, 1840 - 58 من الصفحات |
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... discover , the romance upon which it is founded . ( 4 ) In the com- position of the Tempest , Shakspere seems to have been well aware , of the advantages , which the ancient poets , derived from popular superstition , and in the ...
... discover , the romance upon which it is founded . ( 4 ) In the com- position of the Tempest , Shakspere seems to have been well aware , of the advantages , which the ancient poets , derived from popular superstition , and in the ...
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... discovers Ferdinand , whom she supposes a spirit , but Prospero informs her , This gallant , which thou see'st , Was in the wreck ; and , but his something stain'd With grief , ( that's beauty's canker ) , thou might'st call him A ...
... discovers Ferdinand , whom she supposes a spirit , but Prospero informs her , This gallant , which thou see'st , Was in the wreck ; and , but his something stain'd With grief , ( that's beauty's canker ) , thou might'st call him A ...
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... discovers the treachery , and quickly informs Alonzo of his danger . The scene termi- nates by Ariel , saying , Prospero , my lord , shall know what I have done , So king go safely on , and seek thy son . I cannot , however , close my ...
... discovers the treachery , and quickly informs Alonzo of his danger . The scene termi- nates by Ariel , saying , Prospero , my lord , shall know what I have done , So king go safely on , and seek thy son . I cannot , however , close my ...
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... discovers Caliban , Shakspere takes the same opportunity of being satirical ; -the facetious jester exclaims , " What have we here ? a man or a fish . — A strange fish ; were I in England now ( as once I was ) , and had this fish ...
... discovers Caliban , Shakspere takes the same opportunity of being satirical ; -the facetious jester exclaims , " What have we here ? a man or a fish . — A strange fish ; were I in England now ( as once I was ) , and had this fish ...
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... discovers towards the termination of the vision , proceeding from the recollection of Caliban's plot , perhaps , led him into that train of feeling , as to look upon the insignifi- cancy of all human affairs , in the view , which has ...
... discovers towards the termination of the vision , proceeding from the recollection of Caliban's plot , perhaps , led him into that train of feeling , as to look upon the insignifi- cancy of all human affairs , in the view , which has ...
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الصفحة 39 - You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort, As if you were dismay'd : be cheerful, sir. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air...
الصفحة 23 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
الصفحة 17 - em. Caliban. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou earnest first, Thou strok'dst me and mad'st much of me, wouldst give me Water with berries in't, and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night : and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.
الصفحة 22 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known : riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none : No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil : No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too ; but innocent and...
الصفحة 45 - And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art/ Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further.
الصفحة 35 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
الصفحة 1 - The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
الصفحة 49 - O ! wonder ! How many goodly creatures are there here ! How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world, That has such people in't ! Pro.
الصفحة 4 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL...
الصفحة 53 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear. The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...