The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-17


mildly eaxha1e;d i 1t the head Of the IT,. ,ts,:
be: < Queeens solicitor could not
tfsk paWning the woosack for the
tavern bench. Look in Bacon'ss wri:
tings for I = trace Of that :fervor which
devotes plays to the great central pas:
biionI:: Read Els essay on love, and
contrast its dry, pragmaatic tone With
these pages which palpitate With JUL
ct. In fact, his genius was never pen
etfatd With With The Il varieties 81 'viomens
amssnt: sh1ks.syptte;are found
Them in the country and ian ian away IVA.
With Them to London, taking down
there honest, I led q 'fsted Phoebe, Aud:
ree:yy, ~ D0rccaas, and Mopsa. With this
retinue his imagination travelled down
TO- the great city, and seems to have
introduced them into: Elizabeth's cir
Gle of ladies, *here they go into high
born service, getting at all their mis-
tresses eseerets. All their ;chasteness,
their high spirit, their tenderness,
their beauty of form aud soul, he
gave to each of his women.a portion
from 1mQgene to Cleopatra. "A room
full Of women served him as, we'll as
a world full. He needed not to NOV
down a whole prairie full Of flowers
to obtain from the alembic of fancy
each atom Of beauty. W oman, as
she resembles man.; was of less con:
sequence,to Shakespeare. than woman
in herself: He only received the fem
inine side of the woman into, his
thought, the essential woman. i,,i,. - Al
ths tendencies Of s1omen. a. IN this age
cannot transform triiiatr woman, and she viii
not: step: out Of her shakespeeaarii,.ana "a i, .
se1f. II
The great motives and impulses Of
human nature do not find themselves
made obsolete by shakespeare'sgenius,
30 that we meet the great central pas
sion Of love animating every play.
| Steele once said Of the women, t'To
have loved her was a liberal educa-
ton" when Shakespeare shows his
characters in love, the position is as
| fresh az if it were still the morning
Of the world. His conversation dal.
lies with the Innocence of love. His
lovers trump up no obstacles out o.
.0vNesrtllinice and subtle reflections. They
| DOH Ake their hearts Before before them
| like 4Hcturing maidens, > to show vi
how morbid the oorrgl;ai1is yaare. }: Thi!
botany Of the emotions a was The
esthetics :.of7a later ages. Mirinds
pits hershearttinto> Ferdinand's hand
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of liz alla .tha;
! theaction involves. There is,nothine
batthe mnsk night1on Jdliet's fac,
! toaide elthe2 blush a:thxt' :sherssliip sac,
! knowledge. ashskaapes,setAas 10 pa;
tisnce with oefxbprate 6 sinsinuatie en-
! He42matesE,itlse aRaeste IF the = FIN,
lm1ies cry outswtk thsaadidens smart
1tissloves 'sideat sinet;rity, asiit live
iwhepoet' world TO quicken szslue
I tardsaut soddurss' s'prurients to'death
t 6aaaaheFsite5 1evs ~ not spuerile:? u
! Aasthe intspid*y Of the seaEtines
+ lutahGs:nettAeirblu blusteuft. ~ 11ttsm u maaAas
1 f RA, ardaiant;'fdR Of ects
+ times it is .subdued in deference, unit
! heplumes sweep the,g,nund: Phys
Z ical -souadness was animpaired, ,::b<fer
i the gymnasium or; health-liftwe in
i tented.t His women s~,eArned s:thei
health Ion horseback, in, the brlgh
Epglish, fields. .Imoeene was a prim,
cook. Not: enc of Shakespeare
7fwemen >utters u line inspired by an,
t form Of hysteria. So their>bodies ma
:Ptnre like all the nature out Of doors
Eand become capable of ofz,entertainint
! the great passion with its innocenc,
land native directness. :.