An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltairePriestley, 1810 - 296 sidor |
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... lover carried a tribute . I dare hope to do him honour only by augmenting the heap of volumes given by his admirers to his memory . I will own , I was incited to this undertaking by great admiration of his genius , and still greater ...
... lover carried a tribute . I dare hope to do him honour only by augmenting the heap of volumes given by his admirers to his memory . I will own , I was incited to this undertaking by great admiration of his genius , and still greater ...
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... the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by answering , He speaks to me that never had a son . One might be made to conceive , in some degree , degree , the horrors of a murderer , under whose 14 ON DRAMATIC POETRY .
... the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by answering , He speaks to me that never had a son . One might be made to conceive , in some degree , degree , the horrors of a murderer , under whose 14 ON DRAMATIC POETRY .
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... love ; and the dramatic art , no longer attempting to purge the passions by pity and terror , but by false delicacy divested of its power , and diverted from its end , melting away in the strains of elegy and eclogue ? May we not ...
... love ; and the dramatic art , no longer attempting to purge the passions by pity and terror , but by false delicacy divested of its power , and diverted from its end , melting away in the strains of elegy and eclogue ? May we not ...
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... engage our attention to some love - scenes between Neoptolemus , and a fair nymph of Lemnos ? Would the poet be excused by pleading the effeminacy and gallantry gallantry of an audience , who would not endure so 20 ON DRAMATIC POETRY .
... engage our attention to some love - scenes between Neoptolemus , and a fair nymph of Lemnos ? Would the poet be excused by pleading the effeminacy and gallantry gallantry of an audience , who would not endure so 20 ON DRAMATIC POETRY .
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... love , interwoven with a tale of incest and murder , would not have been endured in any country , where taste had not been absolutely perverted . Mr. Voltaire has the candour to own , this is a bad Tragedy ; but Corneille tells us , it ...
... love , interwoven with a tale of incest and murder , would not have been endured in any country , where taste had not been absolutely perverted . Mr. Voltaire has the candour to own , this is a bad Tragedy ; but Corneille tells us , it ...
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Sida 243 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Sida 162 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Sida 242 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that, on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Sida 233 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men : he loves no plays. As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles; and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Sida 245 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Sida 240 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.
Sida 235 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Sida 124 - Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war...
Sida 150 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part ; And each particular hair to stand an end. Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Sida 239 - He, only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a man!