Human Life in ShakespeareLee and Shepard, 1887 - 286 pages |
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... Composed of all these several elements , the genius of Shakespeare is sufficient unto itself . As there is neither deficiency nor excess in the forces of Shakespeare's genius , so is there no disorder INFLUENCE OF SHAKESPEARE . 19.
... Composed of all these several elements , the genius of Shakespeare is sufficient unto itself . As there is neither deficiency nor excess in the forces of Shakespeare's genius , so is there no disorder INFLUENCE OF SHAKESPEARE . 19.
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... element in the genius of Shakespeare which we will distinctively notice ; it is the feminine element . This is a security , perhaps more enduring than any other , for the immortality of Shakespeare in literature . No genius that deals ...
... element in the genius of Shakespeare which we will distinctively notice ; it is the feminine element . This is a security , perhaps more enduring than any other , for the immortality of Shakespeare in literature . No genius that deals ...
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... element , genius in woman must include the masculine element . We grant the position , but we grant it with a certain modification ; it is this : that , as the masculine element should predominate in the genius of man , the feminine ...
... element , genius in woman must include the masculine element . We grant the position , but we grant it with a certain modification ; it is this : that , as the masculine element should predominate in the genius of man , the feminine ...
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... element is not only important in literature for the completeness of genius ; it is also important , because it is by that element that genius obtains the sympathy of woman ; and without the sympathy of woman no literature that deals ...
... element is not only important in literature for the completeness of genius ; it is also important , because it is by that element that genius obtains the sympathy of woman ; and without the sympathy of woman no literature that deals ...
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... element which can longest hold the at- tention of posterity . And so it is with all in letters that directly con- cerns the life of man : it is the moral nature that gives imperishable soul to the speculations of Plato , to the ...
... element which can longest hold the at- tention of posterity . And so it is with all in letters that directly con- cerns the life of man : it is the moral nature that gives imperishable soul to the speculations of Plato , to the ...
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affections amidst Autolycus awful beauty belongs Cæsar character comic common conscience Coriolanus crime dark death despair destiny Dogberry drama element English evil excite existence experience faculties Falstaff fancy feel folly fool fulness genius of Shakespeare gives glory Gobbo grandeur Greece grief guilt Hamlet heart human humor Iago idea ideal imagination immortal impassioned impression individual infinite inspiration instinct intellect JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY John Shakespeare Julius Cæsar language laugh Launce Lear literature living look Love's Labor's Lost Macbeth Malvolio manner Mark Antony Mary Arden means ment mental mind mirth misery moral nature mystery ness never Othello outward passion pathetic pathos pity play poet poetry relation satire says sense Shake Shakespeare's genius Shakespearian Shylock solemn song sorrow soul speak speare speare's spirit stage Stratford sublime sympathy thou thought tion tragedy truth unity vision weeping wisdom woman womanhood womanly women words writings youth