The Spectator. ...H. Hughs, 1789 |
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... tragedy appear with that ac- tion which is capable of giving dignity to the forced thoughts , cold conceits , and unnatural expreffions of an Italian opera ! In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to fhew what are ...
... tragedy appear with that ac- tion which is capable of giving dignity to the forced thoughts , cold conceits , and unnatural expreffions of an Italian opera ! In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to fhew what are ...
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... tragedy ? Mufic is certainly a very agreeable entertainment : but if it would take the entire poffeffion of our ears , if it would make us incapable of hearing fenfe , if it would exclude arts that have a much greater tendency to the ...
... tragedy ? Mufic is certainly a very agreeable entertainment : but if it would take the entire poffeffion of our ears , if it would make us incapable of hearing fenfe , if it would exclude arts that have a much greater tendency to the ...
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... tragedy , to complain that the actors all of them fpeak in a tone : and therefore he very wifely prefers his own countrymen , not confi- dering that a foreigner complains of the fame tone in an English actor . For this reason , the ...
... tragedy , to complain that the actors all of them fpeak in a tone : and therefore he very wifely prefers his own countrymen , not confi- dering that a foreigner complains of the fame tone in an English actor . For this reason , the ...
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... TRAGEDY is the noblest pro- duction of human nature , fo it is capable of giving the mind one of the most delightful and most improving entertainments . A virtuous man ( fays Seneca ) ftruggling with misfortunes , is fuch a fpectacle as ...
... TRAGEDY is the noblest pro- duction of human nature , fo it is capable of giving the mind one of the most delightful and most improving entertainments . A virtuous man ( fays Seneca ) ftruggling with misfortunes , is fuch a fpectacle as ...
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... Tragedy . I am therefore very much offended when I fee a play in rhyme ; which is as abfurd in English , as a tragedy of Hexameters would have been in Greek or Latin . The folecifin is I think , ftill greater in thofe plays that have ...
... Tragedy . I am therefore very much offended when I fee a play in rhyme ; which is as abfurd in English , as a tragedy of Hexameters would have been in Greek or Latin . The folecifin is I think , ftill greater in thofe plays that have ...
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Sida 150 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Sida 43 - When I lay me down to sleep, I recommend myself to his care; when I awake, I give myself up to his direction. Amidst all the evils that threaten me, I will look up to him for help, and question not but he will either avert them, or turn them to my advantage. Though I know neither the time nor the manner of the death I am to die, I am not at all solicitous about it; because I am sure that he knows them both, and that he will not fail to comfort and support me under them.
Sida 72 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Sida 147 - When I am in a serious humour, I very often walk by myself in Westminster Abbey; where the gloominess of the place, and the use to which it is applied, with the solemnity of the building, and the condition of the people who lie in it, are apt to fill the mind with a kind of melancholy, or rather thoughtfulness, that is not disagreeable.
Sida 230 - To you, good gods, I make my last appeal ; Or clear my virtues, or my crimes reveal. If in the maze of fate I blindly run, And backward trod those paths I sought to shun, Impute my errors to your own decree : My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
Sida 410 - Scotland can witness be, I have not any captain more Of such account as he." Like tidings to King Henry came, Within as short a space, That Percy of Northumberland Was slain in Chevy-Chase. "Now God be with him...
Sida 59 - I shall endeavour to point out all those imperfections that are the blemishes, as well as those virtues which are the embellishments of the sex. In the...
Sida 149 - As a foreigner is very apt to conceive an idea of the ignorance or politeness of a nation from the turn of their public monuments and inscriptions, they should be submitted to the perusal of men of learning and genius before they are put in execution.
Sida 271 - The truth of it is, a man is not qualified for a butt, who has not a good deal of wit and vivacity, even in the ridiculous side of his character. A stupid butt is only fit for the conversation of...
Sida 5 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.