 They say, miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar things supernatural and causeless. Hence it is, that we make trifles of terrors ; ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when •we should submit ourselves...  Littell's Living Age - Page 3511897Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 496 pages
...reasons.' — WRIGHT: For the sentiment, compare All's Well, II, iii, 1-6: 'They say miracles are past: and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern...seeming knowledge, when we should submit ourselves to unknown fear.' 34. Clymate] CRAIK (p. 188): The region of the earth, according to the old geographical... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 164 pages
...Roman Catholics believed modern miracles possible) 2 modern commonplace 3 causeless of unknown cause 4 make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into...seeming knowledge when we should submit ourselves to an 6 unknown fear. 7 PAROLLES Why, 'tis the rarest argument of wonder that s hath shot out in our latter... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pages
...And wish th' estate o' th' world were now undone.[Vv49-50] 16. Laf. They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and...familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trilles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should... | |
 | 顏元叔 - 2001 - 838 pages
...說了一段話， 影射那「 奇 蹟治療」 已經完成: 上幼 They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and...familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledgs when we should submit... | |
 | Peter Holland - 2001 - 398 pages
...character usually described by critics as 'sympathetic' or even 'choric'): 'They say miracles are past, and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar things supernatural and causeless', etc. (2.3.1-6). 54 Shakespeare used the oath 'by saint X' more often than any of his contemporaries.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 2001 - 490 pages
...lords were going to visit, must strike every one. Ib. sc. 3. Laf. They say, miracles are past ; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Shakspeare, inspired, as it might seem, with all knowledge, here uses the word ' causeless' in its... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - 1958 - 336 pages
...Parolles, with Bertram significantly both present and tongue-tied : Lafeu They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and...when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear. Parolles Why, 'tis the rarest argument of wonder that hath shot out in our latter times. Bertram And... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 244 pages
...course' of the play's swift onward movement the strength of 'the tides that bear men with them'. Thus 'we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves...when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear'. The assault on Bradley by Levin Schiicking and Edgar Ebner Stoll was much more radical. Both can be... | |
 | Kenneth Muir - 2002 - 240 pages
...to 'philosophical persons' who 'make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless', lest we 'make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves...when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear'. 'Of all great writers', she observes, 'Shakespeare has the greatest power to show us how men act and... | |
 | Stephen W. Smith, Travis Curtright - 2002 - 264 pages
...who reduce reality to material dimensions familiar to human reason: They say miracles are past, and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern...familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge, when we should... | |
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