 | 1835 - 1022 pàgines
...contained in the following paragraph : — " ' The time is out of joint ; O cursed spite! That ever I was born to set it right.' " In these words, I imagine,...this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom;... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 430 pàgines
...give in a note, but I have ventured to introduce the concluding part of this admirable exposition. *' To me it is clear that Shakspeare meant in the present...view, the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom :... | |
 | 1842 - 610 pàgines
...other characters. In his fine critique upon this play, he remarks, " To me it is clear that Shakspere meant, in the present case, to represent the effects...whole piece seems to me to be composed. There is an oak planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand,... | |
 | Henry Russell Cleveland, George Stillman Hillard - 1844 - 452 pàgines
...in this respect, to many of the other characters. In his fine critique upon this play he remarks, " To me it is clear that Shakspeare meant, in the present...whole piece seems to me to be composed. There is an oak planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 790 pàgines
...words, I imagine, will be found the key to Hamlet's whole procedure. To me it is clear that Shakspearc meant, in the present case, to represent the effects...this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 788 pàgines
...the key to Hamlet's whole procedure. To me it is clear that Shakspeare meant, in the present ease, to represent the effects of a great action laid upon...this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pàgines
...words, I imagine, will be found the key to Hamlet's whole procedure. To me it is clear !hat Shakespeare meant, in the present case, to represent the effects...laid upon a soul unfit for the performance of it. In ibis view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pàgines
...exhibit as the result of his supernatural visitation. Goethe says, ': To me it is clear that bhakspere meant, in the present case, to represent the effects...laid upon a soul unfit for the performance of it." Coleridge, in speaking of that part of the scene after the interview with the ghost, in which Hamlet... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1851 - 606 pàgines
...original character, and a paraphrase 01 his story, Goethe says, " To me it is clear that Shakspeare meant to represent the effects of a great action laid upon a soul unfit for the performance of it." And then follows the well-known and exquisitely beautiful flgure — " An oak-tree is planted in a... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pàgines
...the key to Hamlet's whole procedure. To me it is clear that Shakespeare meant, in the present cane, to represent the effects of a great action laid upon...this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. An oak-tree is planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom... | |
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There is an oak-tree planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom ; the roots expand, the jar is shivered. ' A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath... 
