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 VoltaireHarding, 1810 - 296 من الصفحات |
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... king , than the cour- tiers of the grand monarque . Theseus is made a mere sighing swain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes amongst the Goths and Vandals , are exhibited in this effeminate form . The ...
... king , than the cour- tiers of the grand monarque . Theseus is made a mere sighing swain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes amongst the Goths and Vandals , are exhibited in this effeminate form . The ...
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... King Lear , who leaves out whatever of this enormity is equally sensible to the spectator , and immediately exposes to us his own internal feelings , when , in the bitterness of his soul , cursing his daughter's offspring , he adds ...
... King Lear , who leaves out whatever of this enormity is equally sensible to the spectator , and immediately exposes to us his own internal feelings , when , in the bitterness of his soul , cursing his daughter's offspring , he adds ...
الصفحة 23
... kings fear to be tyrants , 66 66 tyrants to manifest their tyrannical hu- mours ; that stirring the effects of ad- " miration and commiseration , teacheth the " uncertainty of this world , and upon how " weak foundations gilded roofs ...
... kings fear to be tyrants , 66 66 tyrants to manifest their tyrannical hu- mours ; that stirring the effects of ad- " miration and commiseration , teacheth the " uncertainty of this world , and upon how " weak foundations gilded roofs ...
الصفحة 39
... he came sighing on After the admired heels of Bolingbroke , Cry'st now , O earth , yield us that king again , And take thou this . Moral Moral reflections may be more frequent in this kind of ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 39.
... he came sighing on After the admired heels of Bolingbroke , Cry'st now , O earth , yield us that king again , And take thou this . Moral Moral reflections may be more frequent in this kind of ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 39.
الصفحة 40
... kings and heroes , and persons greatly superior to us by nature or fortune . As there are poets of various talents , and readers of various tastes , one would rather wish that all the fields of Parnassus might be be free and open to men ...
... kings and heroes , and persons greatly superior to us by nature or fortune . As there are poets of various talents , and readers of various tastes , one would rather wish that all the fields of Parnassus might be be free and open to men ...
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الصفحة 231 - Would he were fatter ! But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
الصفحة 238 - Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue — A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
الصفحة 173 - It will have blood, they say ; blood will have blood : Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak ; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.
الصفحة 240 - 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.
الصفحة 226 - Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
الصفحة 244 - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
الصفحة 148 - 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.
الصفحة 237 - 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!
الصفحة 239 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones : So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you, Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus- is an honorable man ; So are they all, all honorable men) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
الصفحة 240 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men; Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.