Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 38Gale Research Company, 1998 |
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Page 187
... possible the greatest possible apprehension of earthly beauty ; the one , he writes , pursues light , a property of spiritual fire , while the other pursues pure air . Lowest of all in Ficino's scale , because they apprehend only those ...
... possible the greatest possible apprehension of earthly beauty ; the one , he writes , pursues light , a property of spiritual fire , while the other pursues pure air . Lowest of all in Ficino's scale , because they apprehend only those ...
Page 210
... possible . More possible , yes , but my emphasis is on the extent to which Lyly and Shakespeare are alike in dramatizing not so much the success of courtship as its hazards and uncertainties . The comedy in both play- wrights is ...
... possible . More possible , yes , but my emphasis is on the extent to which Lyly and Shakespeare are alike in dramatizing not so much the success of courtship as its hazards and uncertainties . The comedy in both play- wrights is ...
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... possible meanings of words . Even a proverb will serve , as in the exchange between Katharine and Rosaline over the death of Katharine's sister through love for Berowne : Kath . She might ' a been a grandam ere she died . And so may you ...
... possible meanings of words . Even a proverb will serve , as in the exchange between Katharine and Rosaline over the death of Katharine's sister through love for Berowne : Kath . She might ' a been a grandam ere she died . And so may you ...
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