...into its bosom only lovely flowers; the roots spread out, the vase is shivered to pieces. A beautiful, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which makes the hero, sinks beneath a burden which it can neither bear nor throw off; every duty is holy...

...into its bosom only lovely flowers; the roots spread out, the vase is shivered to pieces. A beautiful, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which makes the hero, sinks beneath a burden which it can neither bear nor throw off; every duty is holy...

...he was restrained by conscience or a moral scruple ; that he was, as Goethe says, ' a lovely, pure, and most moral nature without the strength of nerve which forms a hero,' and that he was irresolute because of an excess of the reflective or speculative habit of mind, the...

...for the performance of it. In this view the whole piece seems to be composed. There is an oak tree planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only...its bosom: the roots expand, the jar is shivered. rx—20 VANITAS! VANITATUM VANITAS ! I'VE set my heart upon Nothing you see: Hurrah! And so the world...

...the performance of it. In this view the whole play seems to me to be composed. There is an oak-tree planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only...of nerve which forms a hero, sinks beneath a burden it cannot bear and must not cast away. All duties are holy for him: the present is too hard. Impossibilities...

...procrastination depends on our estimate of his mental state. Goethe's description of Hamlet as "a beautiful, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which makes the hero," is clearly at variance with facts, and the estimates of both Coleridge and Dowden...

...the performance of it. In this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. There is an oak-tree planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only...burden which it cannot bear and must not cast away. All duties are holy for him; the present is too hard. Impossibilities have been required of him ; not in...

...which should have contained only the sweetest flowers ; the root expands, the jar is burst asunder. "A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without...beneath a burden which it cannot bear and must not cast away."—*Goethe, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. "Hamlet is called upon to assert moral order in...

...view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. Here is an oak tree planted in a costly' vase, whicli should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom; the roots expand, the vase is shivered. A lovely, pure, noble, and most moral nature, without the strength of nerve which...

...the performance of it. In this view the whole piece seems to me to be composed. There is an oak-tree planted in a costly jar, which should have borne only...burden which it cannot bear and must not cast away. All duties are holy for him; the present is too hard. Impossibilities have been required of him, not in...