Lectures on English History and Tragic Poetry, as Illustrated by ShakespeareParry & McMillan, 1856 - 466 páginas |
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... Lancaster and York ; and Shakspeare has represented this struggle from its earliest beginning down to the final catastrophe upon Bosworth Field . He has traced the contest back to its primal cause - to the very elements of its moral THE ...
... Lancaster and York ; and Shakspeare has represented this struggle from its earliest beginning down to the final catastrophe upon Bosworth Field . He has traced the contest back to its primal cause - to the very elements of its moral THE ...
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... Lancaster and Gloucester and York ; and the boy little dreamed that the multitude of his uncles was to prove one of the miseries of his reign , and that , at last , a kinsman's hand was to thrust him from the throne , and to a prison ...
... Lancaster and Gloucester and York ; and the boy little dreamed that the multitude of his uncles was to prove one of the miseries of his reign , and that , at last , a kinsman's hand was to thrust him from the throne , and to a prison ...
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... Lancaster , put to death many of the citizens who attempted to withstand them , and led the Primate of England to execution . It was a vast and triumphant riot ; but , in the midst of it , with an intrepidity worthy of the son of an ...
... Lancaster , put to death many of the citizens who attempted to withstand them , and led the Primate of England to execution . It was a vast and triumphant riot ; but , in the midst of it , with an intrepidity worthy of the son of an ...
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... Lancaster , Henry Hereford , called Bolingbroke , and Thomas Mowbray , Earl of Norfolk , with which the play opens , is to be decided , as the king determines , by the wager of battle , the single combat of the two noblemen - that ...
... Lancaster , Henry Hereford , called Bolingbroke , and Thomas Mowbray , Earl of Norfolk , with which the play opens , is to be decided , as the king determines , by the wager of battle , the single combat of the two noblemen - that ...
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... Lancaster , which distracted England during the greater part of half a century , and in which the best blood of the nation was poured out like water . The act of the king , on this occa- sion , was the beginning of a series of events ...
... Lancaster , which distracted England during the greater part of half a century , and in which the best blood of the nation was poured out like water . The act of the king , on this occa- sion , was the beginning of a series of events ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ancient Banquo battle beautiful blood Bolingbroke Britain British career character Christian chroniclers conquest course crown dark death drama Duke Duke of York Edward Edward the Confessor elements England English history faith Falstaff father feeling France genius gentle give guilt Hamlet hand hath heart heaven Henry the Fifth Henry the Fourth historian honour house of York human Iago Iago's illustration imagination innocent intellect Joan of Arc Julius Cæsar King John King Lear Lancaster Lancastrian land lecture look Lord Macbeth memory mind misery moral murder mysterious nature noble Othello palace passions period play poet poet's poetic poetry pride Prince Prince of Wales racter reign of Henry Richard the Second Roman royal Saxon scene seems sense Shakspeare Shakspeare's sorrow soul sovereign speak spirit story supernatural sympathy thee thing thou thought throne tion tragedy tragic truth utterance victory words Wordsworth's Yorkists
Passagens conhecidas
Página 304 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie, His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Página 456 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Página 389 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Página 140 - 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; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Página 306 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, 40 thou hast built a paper-mill.
Página 460 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster.
Página 326 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Página 141 - 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.
Página 333 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee: Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Página 176 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...