Critical Essays on Dramatic PoetryL. Davis and C. Reymers, 1761 - 274 |
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Strona 82
... less owing to the goodness of the piece , than to the care I took to talk of love in the most tender and affecting manner I could . In that , I flattered the taste of my audi- tors , knowing the best way to fucceed , is to addrefs men's ...
... less owing to the goodness of the piece , than to the care I took to talk of love in the most tender and affecting manner I could . In that , I flattered the taste of my audi- tors , knowing the best way to fucceed , is to addrefs men's ...
Strona 196
... less con- nected with the fubject . The words are almost always chofen for the muficians , who , not being able to exprefs in their little airs , the bold and nervous terms of our language , require words that are weak , effeminate ...
... less con- nected with the fubject . The words are almost always chofen for the muficians , who , not being able to exprefs in their little airs , the bold and nervous terms of our language , require words that are weak , effeminate ...
Strona 198
... less read , than li centious epigrams ; and a short romance will fell better than de Thou's hiftory . Few people employ great painters , but all the world is quarrelling about chinese baubles , and fragil ornaments . We get our ...
... less read , than li centious epigrams ; and a short romance will fell better than de Thou's hiftory . Few people employ great painters , but all the world is quarrelling about chinese baubles , and fragil ornaments . We get our ...
Strona 240
... less natu- ral to mankind . I have remarked elfe- where , that nothing is fo common as un- fortunate events , which furnish circum- ftances of tranfitory mirth . Such is the mind of man . Homer represents even the gods laughing at the ...
... less natu- ral to mankind . I have remarked elfe- where , that nothing is fo common as un- fortunate events , which furnish circum- ftances of tranfitory mirth . Such is the mind of man . Homer represents even the gods laughing at the ...
Strona 247
... less difficulty , as I was little acquainted with any others ; I admired antiquity in all its noble plainness and fimplicity . This was what first made me think of writing the tragedy of OEdipus , without having even read that of ...
... less difficulty , as I was little acquainted with any others ; I admired antiquity in all its noble plainness and fimplicity . This was what first made me think of writing the tragedy of OEdipus , without having even read that of ...
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Strona 15 - Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him : but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.
Strona 16 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth ; As which of you shall not ? With this I depart ; That, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.
Strona 15 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers ! hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear : believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe : censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Strona 71 - Moi-même, pour tout fruit de mes soins superflus, Maintenant je me cherche, et ne me trouve plus': Mon arc, mes javelots, mon char, tout m'importune...
Strona 71 - Présente, je vous fuis : -absente, je vous trouve; Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit; La lumière du jour, les ombres de la nuit, Tout retrace à mes yeux les charmes que j'évite ; Tout vous livre à l'envi le rebelle Hippolyte.
Strona 14 - I am inclined to think, this opinion proceeded originally from the zeal of the partizans of our author and Ben Jonson ; as they endeavoured to exalt the one at the expence of the other.
Strona 16 - CESAR'S Body. Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony : who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying...
Strona 105 - Come to me, come, my soldier, to my arms! You've been too long away from my embraces; But, when I have you fast, and all my own, With broken murmurs, and with amorous sighs, I'll say, you were unkind, and punish you, And mark you red with many an eager kiss.
Strona 71 - Asservi maintenant sous la commune loi, Par quel trouble me vois-je emporté loin de moi! Un moment a vaincu mon audace imprudente : Cette âme si superbe est enfin dépendante.
Strona 11 - How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue ! Who would not be that youth ? what pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country...