...getting his gilt robes and sceptre again could tempt him to act over again his misused station—as if, at his years and with his experience, anything was left but to die. Lear is essentially impossible to be represented on a stage. But how many dramatic personages are there...

...love-scenes and a happy ending. It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter; she must shine as a lover too A happy ending! — As if the living martyrdom that...with his experience, anything was left but to die." The knowledge of the drama of Shakspeare is to be gained by deep and careful study, — study thoughtful...

...the scene, to draw it about more easily. A happy ending !—as if the living martyrdom that Lear has gone through, the flaying of his feelings alive, did...with his experience anything was left but to die." In these truthful and beautiful passages, however, the writer seems to have overlooked a very powerful...

...why all this pudder and preparation, why torment us with all this unnecessary sympathy ? As if tlie childish pleasure of getting his gilt robes and sceptre...with his experience, anything was left but to die. Lear is essentially impossible to be represented on a stage. But how many dramatic personages are there...

...the nostrils of this Leviathan, for Garrick and his followers, the showmen of the scene, to draw it about more easily. A happy ending ! — as if the...with his experience, anything was left but to die."* Four things have struck us in reading LEAK : 1. That poetry is an interesting study, for this reason,...

...this unnecessary sympathy ! As if the childish pleasure of getting his gilt robes and sceptre u^uin, llain! worse than brutish!— Go, sirrah, seek him...Abominable villain ! — Where i» he I Edm. I do not w Tate also cut out of his adaptation of Shake* gpeare's tragedy the character of the Fool ; which was...

...fair dismissal from the stage of life the only decorous thing for him. If he is to live and be happy after, why all this pudder and preparation — why...with his experience anything was left but to die.' Shakespeare's tragedy was first published in 1606, ' as it was played before the King's Majesty at...

...getting his gilt robes and sceptre again could tempt him to act over again his misused station—as if, at his years and with his experience, anything was left but to die. Lear is essentially impossible to be represented on a stage. But how many dramatic personages are there...

...is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter, she must shine as a lover too. Tate has put his hook into the nostrils of this Leviathan, for Garrick and his...with his experience, anything was left but to die. Lear is essentially impossible to be represented on a stage. HAZLITT (Characters of Shakespeat* s Plays,...

...conniving at the injustice of his children, he reminds them that " they themselves are old." What gesture shall we appropriate to this? What has the voice or...with his experience, anything was left but to die. Lear is essentially impossible to be represented on a stage. But how many dramatic personages are there...