 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...concluding scene in which he is killed by Richmond is the most brilliant of the whole. He fights at last like one drunk with wounds; and the attitude in which...stands with his hands stretched out, after his sword is wrested from him, has a preternatural and terrific grandeur, as if his will could not be disarmed,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 282 pages
...part of the stage. The concluding scenej in which he is killed by Richmond, was the most brilli-i ant. He fought like one drunk with wounds : and the' attitude...very phantoms of his despair had a withering power. Morning Chronicle, February 21, 1814. The house was crowded at an early hour in every part, to witness... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...concluding scene in which he is killed by Richmond is the most brilliant of the whole. He fights at last like one drunk with wounds ; and the attitude in which...stands with his hands stretched out, after his sword is wrested from him, has a preternatural and terrifick grandeur, as if his .will could not be disarmed,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 552 pages
...concluding scene in which he is killed by Richmond is the most brilliant of the whole. He fights at last like one drunk with wounds; and the attitude in which...stands with his hands stretched out, after his sword is wrested from him, has a preternatural and terrific grandeur, as if his will could not be disarmed,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...with his hands stretched out, after his sword is wrested from him, has a preternatural and terrifick grandeur, as if his will could not be disarmed, and the very phantoms of his despair had power to kill. — Mr. Kean has since, in a great measure, effaced the impression of his Richard III.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1821 - 420 pages
...triumphant antagonist, where he stands, after his sword is wrested from him, with his hands stretched out, " as if his will could not be disarmed, and the very phantoms of his despair had a withering power," he said that he borrowed it from seeing the last efforts of Painter in his fight with Oliver. This... | |
 | 1834 - 488 pages
...time, that " he fought like one drunk with wounds ; and the attitude in which he stands, with his hand stretched out, after his sword is taken from him,...very phantoms of his despair had a withering power!" It has been surmised that some of the fine passages of Kean's acting suggested as fine passages in... | |
 | 1834 - 530 pages
...replete with pathos. The death was desperate and magnificent. It was well said at the time, that " he fought like one drunk with wounds ; and the attitude in which he stands, with his hand stretched out, after his sword is taken from him, had a preternatural and terrific grandeur, as... | |
 | 1834 - 492 pages
...replete with pathos. The death was desperate and magnificent. It was well said at the time, that " he fought like one drunk with wounds ; and the attitude in which he stands, with his hand stretched out, after his sword is taken from him, had a preternatural and terrific grandeur, as... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1846 - 514 pages
...triumphant antagonist, where he stands, after his sword is wrested from him, with his hands stretched out, " as if his will could not be disarmed, and the very phantoms of his despair had a withering power," he said that he borrowed it from seeing the last efforts of Painter in his fight with Oliver. This... | |
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He fought like one drunk with wounds: and the attitude in which he stands with his hands stretched out, after his sword is taken from him, had a preternatural and terrific grandeur, as if his will could not be disarmed, and the very phantoms of his despair... 
