Characteristics of Women, Moral, Poetical, and Historical, Volume 2; Volume 70Saunders and Otley, 1858 - Women in literature |
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... king of Sicilia , and though in the prime of beauty and womanhood , is not represented in the first bloom of youth . Her husband on slight grounds suspects her of infidelity with his friend Polixenes , king of Bohemia ; the suspicion ...
... king of Sicilia , and though in the prime of beauty and womanhood , is not represented in the first bloom of youth . Her husband on slight grounds suspects her of infidelity with his friend Polixenes , king of Bohemia ; the suspicion ...
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... king's will be performed . When she is brought to trial for supposed crimes , called on to defend herself , " stand- ing to prate and talk for life and honour , before who please to come and hear , " the sense of her ignominious ...
... king's will be performed . When she is brought to trial for supposed crimes , called on to defend herself , " stand- ing to prate and talk for life and honour , before who please to come and hear , " the sense of her ignominious ...
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... king of Scotland ? or to prove that the men- tion of Proteus and Pluto , baptism and the Virgin Mary , in a breath , amounts to an anachronism ? Shakspeare , by throwing his story far back into a remote and uncertain age , has blended ...
... king of Scotland ? or to prove that the men- tion of Proteus and Pluto , baptism and the Virgin Mary , in a breath , amounts to an anachronism ? Shakspeare , by throwing his story far back into a remote and uncertain age , has blended ...
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... king in Europe . I do think I saw ' t this morning ; confident I am , Last night ' twas on mine arm - I kiss'd it . I hope it has not gone to tell my lord That I kiss aught but he . It has been well observed , that our con- sciousness ...
... king in Europe . I do think I saw ' t this morning ; confident I am , Last night ' twas on mine arm - I kiss'd it . I hope it has not gone to tell my lord That I kiss aught but he . It has been well observed , that our con- sciousness ...
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... kings than beggars . The sentence which follows , and which I believe has become proverbial , has much of the manner of Portia , both in the thought and the expression : - Hath Britain all the sun that shines ? Day , night , Are they ...
... kings than beggars . The sentence which follows , and which I believe has become proverbial , has much of the manner of Portia , both in the thought and the expression : - Hath Britain all the sun that shines ? Day , night , Are they ...
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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.