An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltairePriestly, 1966 - 296 pagina's |
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Pagina 120
... witches , his ghosts , and his fairies , seem spirits of health or goblins damn'd ; bring with them airs from heaven , or blasts from hell . His ghosts are sullen , ' melancholy , and terrible . Every sentence , uttered by the witches ...
... witches , his ghosts , and his fairies , seem spirits of health or goblins damn'd ; bring with them airs from heaven , or blasts from hell . His ghosts are sullen , ' melancholy , and terrible . Every sentence , uttered by the witches ...
Pagina 122
... Witches holding their sabbath , and saluting passengers on the blasted heath ; ghosts , at the midnight hour , visiting the glimpses of the moon , and whispering a bloody secret , derive from pro- priety of place and action a ...
... Witches holding their sabbath , and saluting passengers on the blasted heath ; ghosts , at the midnight hour , visiting the glimpses of the moon , and whispering a bloody secret , derive from pro- priety of place and action a ...
Pagina 157
... witches of our country . Our Milton , a more correct writer , has often mixed the pagan deities , even with the most sacred characters of our religion . witches ' power was supposed to be exerted only in little and low mischief this ...
... witches of our country . Our Milton , a more correct writer , has often mixed the pagan deities , even with the most sacred characters of our religion . witches ' power was supposed to be exerted only in little and low mischief this ...
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