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 sider |
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... engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat and toil of the poet , in his closet , in assorting male and fe- male rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the stage to ...
... engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat and toil of the poet , in his closet , in assorting male and fe- male rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the stage to ...
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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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... engaged the attention of the spectator , and assisted in that delusion of his imagination , whence his sympathy with the story must arise . We are affected by the catastrophe of a stranger , we lament the destiny of an Edipus , and the ...
... engaged the attention of the spectator , and assisted in that delusion of his imagination , whence his sympathy with the story must arise . We are affected by the catastrophe of a stranger , we lament the destiny of an Edipus , and the ...
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... engage and please ! And what dis- cernment and penetration into characters , and what amazing skill in moral paint- ing , to be able , from such uncouth mo- dels , to bring forth not only a perfect , but , when occasion required , a ...
... engage and please ! And what dis- cernment and penetration into characters , and what amazing skill in moral paint- ing , to be able , from such uncouth mo- dels , to bring forth not only a perfect , but , when occasion required , a ...
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... engaged in the common affairs of human life . We are interested in what they do , or say , by feeling , every mo- ment , that they are of the same nature as ourselves . Their precepts therefore are an instruction , their fates and ...
... engaged in the common affairs of human life . We are interested in what they do , or say , by feeling , every mo- ment , that they are of the same nature as ourselves . Their precepts therefore are an instruction , their fates and ...
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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 245 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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!