Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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... pathetic tragedy ; and by proper reprefen- ration , may be raised to a height fcarce exceeded by any thing felt in real life . Elements of Criticifin , vol . iii . p . 228 . as as that of action . Ariftotle fays , that a ( 6 )
... pathetic tragedy ; and by proper reprefen- ration , may be raised to a height fcarce exceeded by any thing felt in real life . Elements of Criticifin , vol . iii . p . 228 . as as that of action . Ariftotle fays , that a ( 6 )
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... proper fubject for tragedies ; and it has accordingly been confidered in a variety of lights : but the abbé du Bos gives the most fatisfactory opinion about it . " Men , fays he , whom we regard as worthy of our esteem , have a power of ...
... proper fubject for tragedies ; and it has accordingly been confidered in a variety of lights : but the abbé du Bos gives the most fatisfactory opinion about it . " Men , fays he , whom we regard as worthy of our esteem , have a power of ...
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... proper to form a character for the imitation of the ftage , than to be con- fined to fome of thofe houfes , wherein polite nations fhut up fuch as are difor- dered in their intellects . Poets therefore cannot be blamed for chufing for ...
... proper to form a character for the imitation of the ftage , than to be con- fined to fome of thofe houfes , wherein polite nations fhut up fuch as are difor- dered in their intellects . Poets therefore cannot be blamed for chufing for ...
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... proper , yet when introduced in a fecondary epifodical man- ner , it is generally vicious . Thus the loves * De toutes les paffions celle de l'amour est la plus generale : il n'eft prefque perfonne qui n'ait eu le malheur de la fentir ...
... proper , yet when introduced in a fecondary epifodical man- ner , it is generally vicious . Thus the loves * De toutes les paffions celle de l'amour est la plus generale : il n'eft prefque perfonne qui n'ait eu le malheur de la fentir ...
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... to be pitied ; for though Othello has a fine character given him , yet so vile an action as the murder of his wife , Blots out every emotion of pity from the reader's breaf ; fhews , that no fubject is fo proper for ( 75 )
... to be pitied ; for though Othello has a fine character given him , yet so vile an action as the murder of his wife , Blots out every emotion of pity from the reader's breaf ; fhews , that no fubject is fo proper for ( 75 )
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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...