 To move a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life till it is ready to drop, and then step in with mortal instruments to take its last forfeit : this only a Webster can do. Inferior...  The Dramatic Works of John Webster - 第 246 頁John Webster 著 - 1857完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | W. May Phelps, Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson - 1886 - 462 頁
...— Charles Knight. • " To move a horror skilfully — to touch a soul to the quick — to lay upon fear as much as it can bear — to wean and weary...its last forfeit — this, only a Webster can do." — Charles Lamb. PREVIOUS TO THE PLAT, A PROLOGUE, written by RH HORNE, will be spoken by MR. HOSKINS.... | |
 | John Webster, Cyril Tourneur - 1888 - 502 頁
...the mortification by degrees! To move a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life...accumulate,' but they cannot do this. They mistake quantity for quality, they ' terrify babes with painted devils,' but they know not how a soul is capable... | |
 | John Webster, Cyril Tourneur - 1888 - 472 頁
...To move a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can Dear, to wean and weary a life till it is ready to drop"...accumulate,' but they cannot do this. They mistake quantity for quality, they ' terrify babes with painted devils,' but they know not how a soul is capable... | |
 | William Roscoe Thayer - 1890 - 616 頁
...the mortification by degrees I To move a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life...accumulate,' but they cannot do this. They mistake quantity for quality, they ' terrify babes with painted devils,' but they know not how a soul is capable... | |
 | William Roscoe Thayer - 1890 - 628 頁
...the mortification by degrees ! To move a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life...instruments to take its last forfeit; this only a Websler can do. Writers of an inferior genius may ' upon horror's head horrors accumulate,' but they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1892 - 184 頁
...almost alone having the power "to move a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life...with mortal instruments to take its last forfeit." Lamb adds, "writers of inferior genius mistake quantity for quality." The remark is quite true ; when... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1891 - 282 頁
...Tartarus and the souls in bale. To move a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life...its last forfeit, — this only a Webster can do. Inferior geniuses may ' upon horror's head horrors accumulate,' but they cannot do this. They mistake... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1891 - 282 頁
...with mortal instruments to take its last forfeit, — this only a Webster can do. Inferior geniuses may ' upon horror's head horrors accumulate,' but they cannot do this. They mistake quantity for quality ; they 'terrify babes with painted devils,' but they know not how a soul is to... | |
 | 1901 - 560 頁
...the mortification by degrees? To move a horror skillfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life...accumulate,' but they cannot do this. They mistake quantity for quality, they ' terrify babes with painted devils,' but they know not how a soul is capable... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1893 - 392 頁
...the mortification by degrees1 To movu a horror skilfully, to touch a soul to the quick, to lay upon fear as much as it can bear, to wean and weary a life...till It is ready to drop and then step in with mortal instrumei-ts to take its last forfeit: this only a Webster can do. Writers of an tnf-.<rlor (tenios... | |
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