 The names and some of the properties which the other author has given to his hags excite smiles. The Weird Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot coexist with mirth. But, in a lesser degree, the witches of Middleton are fine creations. Their...  The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register - Page 1151808Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1900 - 474 pages
...Their names and some of the properties, which Middleton has given to his hags, excite smiles. The Weird Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot...a lesser degree, the Witches of Middleton are fine creatures. Their power, too, is in some measure over the mind. They raise jars, jealousies, strifes,... | |
 | Pickering & Chatto - 1900 - 520 pages
...the originality of Shakespeare .... the witches of Middleton are fine creations. Their power, too, is over the mind. They raise jars, jealousies, strifes, like a thick scurf o'er ///>."— C HAS. LAMB. It is not known for certain which is the older play, "Macbeth" or *' The... | |
 | Ida White - 1901 - 230 pages
...and some of the properties, which the other author has given to his hags, excite smiles. The Weird Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot...raise jars, jealousies, strifes, ' like a thick scurf ' over life." In these last few words, quoted by Lamb from Middleton's play, we have a sufficiently... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 572 pages
...presence cannot co-exist with mirth. But in a lesser degree, the Witches of Middleton are fine creatures. Their power, too, is in some measure over the mind....raise jars, jealousies, strifes, like a thick scurf o'er life." (Specimens of English Dramatic Poets.) The Porter's Speech. Among the passages in Macbeth... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 152 pages
...presence cannot co-exist with mirth. But in a lesser degree, the Witches of Middleton are fine creatures. Their power, too, is in some measure over the mind. They raise jars, jealousies, strifes, like a Met latrf o'ir lift " (ifumau of English Dramatic facts). The Porter's Speech. Among the passages in... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 504 pages
...names, and some of the properties which Middleton has given to his hags, excite smiles. The Wei'rd Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot...raise jars, jealousies, strifes, like a thick scurf o'er life.'' JULIUS C/ESAR JULIUS C/ESAR was one of three principal plays by different authors, pitched... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 510 pages
...The names, and some of the properties which Middleton has given to his hags, excite smiles. The We1rd Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot...over the mind. They raise jars, jealousies, strifes, lihe a thich scurf o'er life.' ' V JULIUS CAESAR JULIUS C,ESAR was one of three principal plays by... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 438 pages
...given to his Hags, excite smiles. The Weird Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot consist with mirth. But in a lesser degree, the' Witches of...raise jars, jealousies, strifes, like a thick scurf o'er life." ' LECTURE III ON MARSTON, CHAPMAN, DECKAR, AND WEBSTER THE writers of whom I have already... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903 - 634 pages
...and some of the properties, which the other author has given to his hags, excite smiles. The We'ird Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot...raise jars, jealousies, strifes, " like a thick scurf" over life. WILLIAM ROWLEY, — THOMAS DECKEK, — JOHN FOED, &c. The Witch of Edmonton. — Mother... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1903 - 438 pages
...names, and some of the properties, which Middleton has given to his hags, excite smiles. The Weird Sisters are serious things. Their presence cannot...over the mind. They raise jars, jealousies, strifes, lite a thick scurf o'er life.] WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN, A TRAGEDY: BY THE SAME AUTHOR. LlviA, the Duke's... | |
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