Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the DramaR. Cadell, 1834 - 395 من الصفحات |
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... object of the devotion of the followers of Chivalry , as of all other good Catholics . Tournaments were undertaken , and feats of arms performed in her honour , as in that of an earthly mistress ; and the veneration with which she was ...
... object of the devotion of the followers of Chivalry , as of all other good Catholics . Tournaments were undertaken , and feats of arms performed in her honour , as in that of an earthly mistress ; and the veneration with which she was ...
الصفحة 21
... its pro- fessors , and frequently predominating over it , was a devotion to the female sex , and particularly to her whom each knight selected as the chief object of his affection , of a nature so extravagant and ESSAY ON CHIVALRY . 21.
... its pro- fessors , and frequently predominating over it , was a devotion to the female sex , and particularly to her whom each knight selected as the chief object of his affection , of a nature so extravagant and ESSAY ON CHIVALRY . 21.
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... objects to relieve satiety . Hence polygamy , and all its bru- talizing consequences , which were happily unknown to ... object of awe as well as of affection ; the passion which he indulged for her was of a nature as timid and pure as ...
... objects to relieve satiety . Hence polygamy , and all its bru- talizing consequences , which were happily unknown to ... object of awe as well as of affection ; the passion which he indulged for her was of a nature as timid and pure as ...
الصفحة 26
... becoming the champion of their cause , and the chastiser of those by whom they were injured , was represented as one of the principal objects of the institution . Their oath bound the new - made knights to defend the 26 ESSAY ON CHIVALRY .
... becoming the champion of their cause , and the chastiser of those by whom they were injured , was represented as one of the principal objects of the institution . Their oath bound the new - made knights to defend the 26 ESSAY ON CHIVALRY .
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... object of his love was the lady his mother , and the next his sister Jacqueline . " Jouvencel , " replied the inquisitive lady , who had her own reasons for not being contented with this simple answer , do not now talk of the affection ...
... object of his love was the lady his mother , and the next his sister Jacqueline . " Jouvencel , " replied the inquisitive lady , who had her own reasons for not being contented with this simple answer , do not now talk of the affection ...
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acted action actors adventures Æschylus affection amusement ancient appear Aristophanes Aristotle arms audience battle betwixt Brantome called champion character Charlemagne Chorus circumstances classical combat comedy comic composition Corneille court critical degree dialogue display Drama England English Eschylus Euripides exist extravagant favour female fiction France French frequently Froissart genius Grecian hero honour horse imitation introduced King King Arthur knight knighthood lady lance language Lord manners metrical middle ages minstrels modern Molière moral nature noble origin pas d'armes passion peculiar pennon Perceforest performed period personages persons piece Plautus play plot poet poetry prince probably profession racter rank recited representation ridicule Romance romantic fiction rude rules Saint satire scene sentiment Shakspeare solemn Sophocles spectators spirit of Chivalry squire stage style supposed Susarion sword talent taste theatre theatrical Thespis tion tournament tragedy Tristrem unities valour youth
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الصفحة 341 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
الصفحة 348 - I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played, but now the old plays began to disgust this refined age, since his Majesties being so long abroad.
الصفحة 277 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
الصفحة 341 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts: Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance; Think when we talk of horses that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
الصفحة 305 - Time is of all modes of existence most obsequious to the imagination; a lapse of years is as easily conceived as a passage of hours. In contemplation we easily contract the time of real actions and therefore willingly permit it to be contracted when we only see their imitation.
الصفحة 359 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
الصفحة 359 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them.
الصفحة 280 - Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the meantime two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
الصفحة 280 - Afric of the other, and so many other under-kingdoms, that the player, when he comes in, must ever begin with telling where he is, or else the tale will not be conceived?
الصفحة 50 - Call you that desperate, which, by a line Of institution, from our ancestors Hath been derived down to us, and received In a succession for the noblest way Of breeding up our youth, in letters, arms, Fair mien, discourses, civil exercise, And all the blazon of a gentleman ? Where can he learn to vault, to ride, to fence, To move his body...