 The greatness of Lear is not in corporal dimension, but in intellectual; the explosions of his passion are terrible as a volcano - they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which...  The Quarterly Review - Page 68edited by - 1835Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English essays - 1889 - 586 pages
...«fl\aah aj)r\ bloo^_seejja^oo_insigniflc,ani to be thought on; even as he himself neglects it. On tie stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage ; wJjile__w£_xea(Li.t we see not Learj but we are Learj — we are_in hjs~saincL;_ we are sustained... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1890 - 582 pages
...are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that rich sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...be thought on ; even as he himself neglects it. On tho stage we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage ; while we read... | |
 | Edward Tompkins McLaughlin - Criticism - 1893 - 286 pages
...they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...on ; even as he himself neglects it. On the stage \ve see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage ; while we read it, we... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...impotence of rage : while we read it, we see not Lear, hut we are Lear, we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1898 - 308 pages
...they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea, his mincf, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...rage; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear,—we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of daughters and... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - History - 1901 - 808 pages
...they are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that sea his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur *'hich baffles the malice of daughters and storms ; in the aberrations of his reason, we discover a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 504 pages
...are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that rich sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear; — we are in Tiis mind; we are sustained by a grandeur, which baffles the malice of daughters and storms; in the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1903 - 888 pages
...turning up and disclosing to the bottom tilt sea, his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his nmd . bimsclf neglects it. On the stage \\« see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1904 - 460 pages
...are storms turning up and disclosing to the bottom that 25 sea his mind, with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...impotence of rage ; while we read it, we see not Lear, 30 but we are Lear, — we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1904 - 220 pages
...they are storms turning up and dsclosing to the bottom that sea his mind} with all its vast riches. It is his mind which is laid bare. This case of flesh...impotence of rage ; while we read it, we see not Lear, bat we are Lear, — we are in his mind, we are sustained by a grandeur which baffles the malice of... | |
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