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 من الصفحات |
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... - bove the age and circumstances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates most from rules , can rise to faults true critics dare not mend . mend . In delineating characters he must be al- lowed xxii INTRODUCTION .
... - bove the age and circumstances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates most from rules , can rise to faults true critics dare not mend . mend . In delineating characters he must be al- lowed xxii INTRODUCTION .
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... circumstances the person is in , they appear unnatural . For in the pressure of extreme distress , men are intent only on themselves and on the present exigence . The various interests and characters in these historical plays , and the ...
... circumstances the person is in , they appear unnatural . For in the pressure of extreme distress , men are intent only on themselves and on the present exigence . The various interests and characters in these historical plays , and the ...
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... rudest peasant read the sad history of his country : while the better sort were informed of the most minute circumstances by our chronicles . The tra- gedians gedians who took their subjects from Ho- mer , had ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 45.
... rudest peasant read the sad history of his country : while the better sort were informed of the most minute circumstances by our chronicles . The tra- gedians gedians who took their subjects from Ho- mer , had ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 45.
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... circumstances . LEAR . Spit fire , spout rain ; Nor rain , wind , thunder , fire , are my daughters ; 1 tax you not , you elements , with unkindness , 1 never gave you kingdoms , call'd you children , You owe me no submission . Then let ...
... circumstances . LEAR . Spit fire , spout rain ; Nor rain , wind , thunder , fire , are my daughters ; 1 tax you not , you elements , with unkindness , 1 never gave you kingdoms , call'd you children , You owe me no submission . Then let ...
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... a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumstances of the persons represented : they they cannot sympathize with them , un- less they have 60 ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumstances of the persons represented : they they cannot sympathize with them , un- less they have 60 ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 245 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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!