 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1866 - 670 lapas
...Sc. 1. UE. N courteous Theseus answers her, and apologises for them, in these kindly words : " The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them."* There is hardly anything too bad for thinking to make good, if it will but amiably and resolutely think... | |
 | George Stephens - 1839 - 128 lapas
...BY GEORGE JLTEPHENS, AUTHOR OF "THK MANUSCRIPTS OF BRPF.LY," "THF: VOICK OF TMK PUI.PTT," &c. " The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them."— MH»VM»KR NIGHT'S DREAM. SECOND EDITION. LONDON. C. MITCHELL, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. MDCCCXXXIX.... | |
 | George Stephens - 1839 - 120 lapas
...HISTORICAL TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS. BY GEORGE STEPHENS, AUTHOR OP " THK MANUSCRIPTS OP ERDILT." "The best in this kind are but shadows; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them."—MIDSUMMER NIOHT'S DRRAM. LONDON: C. MITCHELL, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. MDCCCXXX1X. THE... | |
 | Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué - 1841 - 336 lapas
...these webs of " elfine loom," will speak in their defence the kind word of Shakspeare's Theseus : " The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them." I know not whether they are worth preserving, but possibly they may find favour with some few readers... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1841 - 138 lapas
...observes Mr. Heraud, "but what is so strictly considered;" and does not the poet himself say—" The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse if our imagination amend them." It is most probable, that the extreme difficulty of personating the characters... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 582 lapas
...are so wilful to hear without warning. Hip. This is the silliest stuff that e'er I heard. The. The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them. Hip. It must be your imagination then, and not theirs. The. If we imagine no worse of them, than they... | |
 | William Shakespeare, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1842 - 562 lapas
...observes Mr. Heraud, " but what is so strictly considered;" and does not the poet himself say — " The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse if our imagination amend them." It is most probable, that the extreme difficulty of personating the characters... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 376 lapas
...Hippolyta, when Wall has " discharged " his part. The answer of Theseus is full of instruction :— " The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse if imagination amend them." It was in this humble spirit that the great poet judged of his own matchless performances. He felt... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 lapas
...are so wilful to hear without warning. Hip. This is the silliest stutt' that ever I heard. Thes. The best in this kind are but shadows : and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them. Hip. It must be your imagination then, and not theirs. Thes. If we imagine no worse of them than they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 lapas
...without warning. Hip. This is the silliest stuff that ever I heard. The. The best in this kind arc ever yet did insurrection want Such water-colours, to impaint his ca Hip. It must be your imagination then, and not theirs. The. If we imagine no worse of them, than they... | |
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The best in this kind are but shadows ; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them. 
