Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical, Volume 2; Volume 70Saunders and Otley, 1858 - Women in literature |
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... husbands . So far the parallel is close , but here the resemblance ceases ; the circumstances of each situation are varied with wonderful skill , and the characters , which are as different as it is possible to imagine , conceived and ...
... husbands . So far the parallel is close , but here the resemblance ceases ; the circumstances of each situation are varied with wonderful skill , and the characters , which are as different as it is possible to imagine , conceived and ...
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... husband on slight grounds suspects her of infidelity with his friend Polixenes , king of Bohemia ; the suspicion once ad- mitted , and working on a jealous , passionate , and vindictive mind , becomes a settled and confirmed opinion ...
... husband on slight grounds suspects her of infidelity with his friend Polixenes , king of Bohemia ; the suspicion once ad- mitted , and working on a jealous , passionate , and vindictive mind , becomes a settled and confirmed opinion ...
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... of her husband's jealous suspicions with incredu- lous astonishment . It is not that , like Des- demona , she does not , or cannot understand : but she will not . When he accuses her more 10 CHARACTERS OF THE AFFECTIONS .
... of her husband's jealous suspicions with incredu- lous astonishment . It is not that , like Des- demona , she does not , or cannot understand : but she will not . When he accuses her more 10 CHARACTERS OF THE AFFECTIONS .
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... husband , thrill us with admiration as well as pity ; and we cannot but see and feel , that for Hermione to give way to tears and feminine complaints under such a blow , would be quite incompatible with the character . Thus she says of ...
... husband , thrill us with admiration as well as pity ; and we cannot but see and feel , that for Hermione to give way to tears and feminine complaints under such a blow , would be quite incompatible with the character . Thus she says of ...
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... husband , and is not won to relent from her resolve by his sorrow , his remorse , his constancy to her memory : such conduct , argues the critic , is unfeeling as it is inconceivable in a tender and virtu- ous woman . Would Imogen have ...
... husband , and is not won to relent from her resolve by his sorrow , his remorse , his constancy to her memory : such conduct , argues the critic , is unfeeling as it is inconceivable in a tender and virtu- ous woman . Would Imogen have ...
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Page 315 - 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...
Page 317 - 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.
Page 228 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 322 - Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised : yet do I fear thy nature; \ It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way...
Page 155 - 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
Page 291 - Orpheus with his lute made trees. And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing : To his music, plants and flowers Ever sprung ; as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Page 218 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven : If that be true, I shall see my boy again...
Page 99 - Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth : I love your majesty According to my bond ; nor more nor less.
Page 93 - O my dear father ! Restoration, hang Thy medicine on my lips ; and let this kiss Repair those violent harms, that my two sisters Have in thy reverence made ! Kent.
Page 104 - tis fittest. Cor. How does my royal lord? How fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave. — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.