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Page 103 of 1031904 · PDF PAGE 53
… her scornful eyes !” With this he makes his age contemp- tible by the drivel-pathos of ll. 156-158, “Dear daughter, I confess that I am old ; Age is unnecessary : on my knees I beg ( Kneeling) That you’ll vouchsafe me raiment, bed, and food,” begging what none ever thought to deny him. Yet such is the patience of G oneril that even when goaded by all this infamous B illingsgate into speech, her rebuke is the temperate and modest ll. 198-200. “Why not by the hand, sir ? How have I offended ? All’s not offence that indiscretion finds And dotage …
1904 · PDF PAGE 73
…away from under one, and there were some dread awakening in outer space amid the rush of incessant meteors—lost in the void. All this is old knowledge; but who has taken steps to alter it ? The answer is forbidding: truth compels me to say, the mystics of all lands. Their endeavour has been to slow the rate of change ; their methods perfect quietude of body and mind, produce in varied and too often vicious ways. Regularis ation of the breathing is the best known formula. Their results are contemptible, w e must admit ; but only so because empir…
1906 · PDF PAGE 193
…e vile creature he had so foolishly married. Cordelia goes, and the sisters talk together. Theirs is the language of quiet sorrow for an old man’s failing mind; yet a most righteous determination not to allow the happiness of the English people to depend upon his whims. Bad women would have rejoiced in the banish- ment of Kent, whom they already knew to be their enemy; these truly good women regret it. ‘‘Such unconstant starts are we like to have from him as this of Kent’s banishment ” (Act I. Se. i. I. 304-5). In Scene ii. Edmund is shown; he …
1904 · PDF PAGE 51
…uage of sense, and who that of draggle-tailed emotionalism and tepid melodrama. In the first scene the heroines, who do not care for the old fool their father—as how could any sane women ? Remember Shakespeare is here about to show the folly of filial love as such—feel compelled, by an act of gracious generosity to a man they despise, yet pity, to say w hat they think w ill please the dotard’s vanity. Also no doubt the sound commercial instinct was touched by Lear’s promise to make acres vary as words, and they deter- mined to make a final effo…
1904 · PDF PAGE 52
…e vile creature he had so foolishly married. Cordelia goes, and the sisters talk together. Theirs is the language of quiet sorrow for an old man’s failing mind ; yet a most righteous determination not to allow the happiness of the English people to depend upon his whims. Bad women would have rejoiced in the banish- ment of Kent, whom they already knew to be their enemy ; these truly good women regret it. “Such unconstant stars are we like to have from him as this of Kent’s banishment” (Act I. Sc. i. ll. 304-5). In Scene ii. Edmund is shown ; he…
1919 · PDF PAGE 462
…. "By A. "E, Ware, Crown to, gilt tops, 376 pp.» illustrated with about 180 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 155. net. In Two Parts. 1. Analytical and Critical Account of the Chief Magical Rituals extant. II. A Complete Grimoire of Black Magic, “The two chief sections are subdivided as follows:—(a) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals; (b) “The Rituals of Transcendental Magic, so-called; (c) Composite Rituals; (d) The Rituals of Black Magic; (c) The Descending Hierarchy of Saints; (f) The Lesser Key…
1913 · PDF PAGE 612
…y. By A. E. WaiTE. Crown gto, gilt tops, 376 pp. illustrated with about x80 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 35s. net. In Two Parts. I. Analytical and Critical Account of the Chief Magical Rituals extant, II, A Complete Grimoire of Black Magic. ‘The two chief sections are subdivided as fllows:—(a) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals (¢) The Rituals of Transcendental Magic, so-called; (¢) Composite Rituals; (d) ‘The Rituals of ing Hierarchy of Saints; (/) The Lesser Key of S he King (2) The M; 3 the…
1913 · PDF PAGE 612
…y. By A. E. WaiTE. Crown gto, gilt tops, 376 pp. illustrated with about x80 engravings, beautifully bound in art canvas, with design in gold, price 35s. net. In Two Parts. I. Analytical and Critical Account of the Chief Magical Rituals extant, II, A Complete Grimoire of Black Magic. ‘The two chief sections are subdivided as fllows:—(a) Studies on the Antiquity of Magical Rituals (¢) The Rituals of Transcendental Magic, so-called; (¢) Composite Rituals; (d) ‘The Rituals of ing Hierarchy of Saints; (/) The Lesser Key of S he King (2) The M; 3 the…