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... sense of religion , her high honourable principles , her best feelings as woman , are all - displayed . She maintains at first a calm self command , as one sure of carrying her point in the end ; yet the painful heart - thrilling a * In ...
... sense of religion , her high honourable principles , her best feelings as woman , are all - displayed . She maintains at first a calm self command , as one sure of carrying her point in the end ; yet the painful heart - thrilling a * In ...
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... sense of his fault ; between her self - respect and her maidenly bashfulness . She begins with a kind of hesitation , " at war ' twixt will and will not : " and when Angelo quotes the law , and in- sists on the justice of his sentence ...
... sense of his fault ; between her self - respect and her maidenly bashfulness . She begins with a kind of hesitation , " at war ' twixt will and will not : " and when Angelo quotes the law , and in- sists on the justice of his sentence ...
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... sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great , As when a giant dies ! ' Tis not impossible But one , the wicked'st caitiff on the ground May seem as shy ...
... sense of death is most in apprehension ; And the poor beetle that we tread upon , In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great , As when a giant dies ! ' Tis not impossible But one , the wicked'st caitiff on the ground May seem as shy ...
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... sense of the whole being properly the triumph of mercy over strict justice ; " but it is also true that there is " an original sin in the nature of the subject , which prevents us from taking a cordial interest in it . " * Of all the ...
... sense of the whole being properly the triumph of mercy over strict justice ; " but it is also true that there is " an original sin in the nature of the subject , which prevents us from taking a cordial interest in it . " * Of all the ...
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... sense of reality with which we are impressed by Shakspeare's characters . He says of Benedick and Beatrice , as if he had known them personally , that the exclusive direction of their pointed raillery against each other " is a proof of ...
... sense of reality with which we are impressed by Shakspeare's characters . He says of Benedick and Beatrice , as if he had known them personally , that the exclusive direction of their pointed raillery against each other " is a proof of ...
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admiration affections ALDA Angelo Bassanio Beatrice beauty behold Benedick Bertram blended bosom breath Camiola charm colours confess death delicacy delineation depth dignity disguise distinction dramatic earth eloquence exquisite eyes faculties fancy father fear feeling female characters feminine gentle Giletta grace Hamlet hath heart heaven heiress Helena honour horror human imagery imagination impression intellect Isabella king Lady Anne Lady Macbeth less lord lover Madame de Staël Maid MEDON melancholy ment Merchant of Venice mind Miranda moral nature never nurse o'er once Ophelia Orlando passion Perdita picture pity placed play poetical poetry Portia principle racter Robert of Naples Romeo and Juliet Rosalind Roussillon says scene scorn sense sensibility sentiment Shakspeare Shakspeare's Shylock simplicity soft soul spirit strength sweet sympathy temper tenderness thee Thekla things thou thought tion touch truth vanity vault of death vex'd Viola virtue whole woman women words young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página lxi - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Página 19 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Página 21 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Página 136 - Give me those flowers there, Dorcas. — Reverend sirs, For you there's rosemary and rue ; these keep Seeming and savour all the Winter long : Grace and remembrance be to you both,7 And welcome to our shearing ! Polix.
Página 56 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false: at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Página 19 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
Página lx - Happy in this, she is not yet so old But she may learn; happier than this, She is not bred so dull but she can learn; Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit Commits itself to yours to be directed, As from her lord, her governor, her king.
Página 57 - I should have been more strange, I must confess, But that thou overheard'st, ere I was ware, My true love's passion: therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love, Which the dark night hath so discovered.
Página 160 - I shall the effect of this good lesson keep, As watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, Whilst, like a puffd and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads And recks not his own rede.
Página 21 - But man, proud man ! Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven As make the angels weep ; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.