The life of King Henry VIIICassell & Company, 1908 |
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Page 10
... whole , are due to Fletcher , 1 and not to Shakspere ; or the other playwright . The great authority on this question is my late friend ; James Spedding , the able editor of Bacon . The suggestion of the view supported by him with so ...
... whole , are due to Fletcher , 1 and not to Shakspere ; or the other playwright . The great authority on this question is my late friend ; James Spedding , the able editor of Bacon . The suggestion of the view supported by him with so ...
Page 11
... whole is weak and disappointing . The truth is that the interest , instead of rising towards the end , falls away utterly , and leaves us in the last act among persons whom we scarcely know , and events for which we do not care . The ...
... whole is weak and disappointing . The truth is that the interest , instead of rising towards the end , falls away utterly , and leaves us in the last act among persons whom we scarcely know , and events for which we do not care . The ...
Page 12
... whole . But there is another , which though less vital is not less unaccountable . The greater part of the fifth Act , in which the interest ought to be gathering to a head , is occupied with matters in which we have not been prepared ...
... whole . But there is another , which though less vital is not less unaccountable . The greater part of the fifth Act , in which the interest ought to be gathering to a head , is occupied with matters in which we have not been prepared ...
Page 16
... whole play straight through , with an eye open to notice the larger differences of effect , but without staying to examine small points . The effect of my own experiment was as follows : - " The opening of the play - the conversation ...
... whole play straight through , with an eye open to notice the larger differences of effect , but without staying to examine small points . The effect of my own experiment was as follows : - " The opening of the play - the conversation ...
Page 17
... through the whole scene , sounded still slow and artificial . " The next scene brought another sudden change . And , as in passing from the second to the third scene of the first Act , I had seemed to be passing 17 Introduction.
... through the whole scene , sounded still slow and artificial . " The next scene brought another sudden change . And , as in passing from the second to the third scene of the first Act , I had seemed to be passing 17 Introduction.
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