Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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... means of compaf- fion and terror perfectly refines in us all forts of paffions . The most important part of tragedy , according to the fame critic , is the fable , or the compofition of things : for tra- gedy is an imitation , not of ...
... means of compaf- fion and terror perfectly refines in us all forts of paffions . The most important part of tragedy , according to the fame critic , is the fable , or the compofition of things : for tra- gedy is an imitation , not of ...
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... means of mak- ing the devouring peftilence cease , up- on which Creon arrives and relates what the oracle had faid , Oedipus fends for Tirefias to explain it . The prophet at first refufed to do it ; but provoked at laft by the fevere ...
... means of mak- ing the devouring peftilence cease , up- on which Creon arrives and relates what the oracle had faid , Oedipus fends for Tirefias to explain it . The prophet at first refufed to do it ; but provoked at laft by the fevere ...
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... means he conceives to be criminal . His re- morfe aggravates his diftrefs ; and our compaffion , unrestrained by indignation , rifes to its highest pitch . Pity becomes thus to be the ruling paffion of a pathetic tragedy ; and by proper ...
... means he conceives to be criminal . His re- morfe aggravates his diftrefs ; and our compaffion , unrestrained by indignation , rifes to its highest pitch . Pity becomes thus to be the ruling paffion of a pathetic tragedy ; and by proper ...
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... mean by this to juf- tify our poet in all his exceffes . It must be confefs'd , that he has often carried the indulgence of his genius much too far but it is equally certain , that a rigid obfervance of the dramatic unities is not free ...
... mean by this to juf- tify our poet in all his exceffes . It must be confefs'd , that he has often carried the indulgence of his genius much too far but it is equally certain , that a rigid obfervance of the dramatic unities is not free ...
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... mean time , almost every sentiment is delivered in the file of a general maxim . However transported they may be with passion , they always preferve their refpect to the publick , of whom they think more con- stantly than of themselves ...
... mean time , almost every sentiment is delivered in the file of a general maxim . However transported they may be with passion , they always preferve their refpect to the publick , of whom they think more con- stantly than of themselves ...
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abfurd action affecting againſt alfo almoft Alonzo alſo anfwer Arzaces audience Barbaroffa becauſe Carlos cataſtrophe Cato character compaffion compofed compofition Corneille Creon Criticifm death diſcover epifodes expreffed fable faid falfe fame fatire fays fcene fenti fentiments fhall fhews fhort fhould firſt fituation fome fometimes foul fpeaking fpectator fpeech French ftage ftrokes fubject fuch fuppofe furprize gedy genius greateſt Hamlet Henriade hiftory himſelf intereft juft Juliet king la Henriade laft language laſt lefs Leonora Macbeth manner ment moft Monf moſt muft murder muſt n'eft nature neceffary noble obferved occafion Othello paffages paffion pathetic perfon perfonages piece pity play pleaſure poet prefent Preferved prince of Condé profe Racine racter raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reprefentation reprefented Revenge rife Romeo Romeo and Juliet ſcene Semiramis Shakeſpear Sophocles ſpeak terror theatre thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflation unities Voltaire whofe wrote Zanga Zara
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الصفحة 134 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
الصفحة 185 - Good heav'ns, is this, — is this the man who braves me? Who bids my age make way, drives me before him, To the world's ridge, and sweeps me off like rubbish?
الصفحة 135 - Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she...
الصفحة 42 - James, in which this tragedy was written, many circumstances concurred to propagate and confirm this opinion. The king, who was much celebrated for his knowledge, had, before his arrival in England, not only examined in person a woman accused of witchcraft but had given a very formal account of the practices and...
الصفحة 135 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
الصفحة 40 - IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer, it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age, and the opinions of his contemporaries.
الصفحة 43 - Shakespeare might be easily allowed to found a play, especially since he has followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment, however they may now be ridiculed, were both by himself and his audience thought awful and affecting.
الصفحة 135 - But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a...
الصفحة 85 - I arrest you in the name of mercy, And dare compel your stay: Is then one look, One word, one moment, a last moment too, When I stand tottering on the brink of death, A cruel ignominious death, too much For one that loves like me ? A length of years You may devote to my blest rival's arms, I ask but one short moment.
الصفحة 96 - Christian, thou mistak'st my character. Look on me. Who am I ? I know, thou say'st The Moor, a slave, an abject, beaten slave (Eternal woes to him that made me so!): But look again. Has six years cruel bondage...