Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 2Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 - 591 pages This volume includes plot summaries, character profiles, criticism of the works and sources for further study. |
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Page 165
... things , or to mistake the proper method of at- taining to our desires , or to do both at once . Even Edmund and Edgar , even Goneril and Albany , could agree to that prop- osition . But have the perfectly disinterested made either of ...
... things , or to mistake the proper method of at- taining to our desires , or to do both at once . Even Edmund and Edgar , even Goneril and Albany , could agree to that prop- osition . But have the perfectly disinterested made either of ...
Page 202
... things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things ' . These famous words naturally send our minds forward to similar observations of Johnson and to the strictures he passed on ...
... things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things ' . These famous words naturally send our minds forward to similar observations of Johnson and to the strictures he passed on ...
Page 275
... things should be , while the wicked ones keep an unblinking eye upon the way things are . Moreover , most members of the good faction , especially Lear , begin with an assumption that there is no discrepancy between the way things ...
... things should be , while the wicked ones keep an unblinking eye upon the way things are . Moreover , most members of the good faction , especially Lear , begin with an assumption that there is no discrepancy between the way things ...
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