 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 oldal
...always lefs. The Humour of Petruchio may be heightened by Grimace ; but what Voice or what Gefture can hope to add Dignity or Force to the Soliloquy of Cato ? A Play read affects the Mind like a Play a£ted. It is therefore evident, that the A£tion is not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 oldal
...powerful on the theatre, than in the page; imperial tragedy is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice, or...hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato ? A play read affefts the mind like a play afled. It is therefore evident, that the aftion is not supposed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 oldal
...powerful on the theatre, than in the page ; imperial tragedy is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what...hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato f A play read, affects the mind like a play acted. It is therefore evident, that the action is not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 oldal
...powerful on the theatre, than in the page ; imperial tragedy is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what...hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato ? A play read affects the mind like a play acted. It is therefore evident, that the action is not supposed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 oldal
...powerful on the theatre than in the page ; imperial tragedy .is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what...hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato ? A play read, affects the mind like a play acted. It is therefore evident, that the action is not... | |
 | 1807 - 474 oldal
...Oblivion's veil his comedy shall hide, And shroud in night the actor and the bard ! J. CATO'S SOLILOQUY. " What voice or what gesture can hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato * ' Dr. Johnson. ACT V. SCENE 1. CATO SOLUS. Sitting in a thoughtful posture: in his hand DANGLE'S... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 oldal
...powerful on the theatre, than in the page; imperial tragedy is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what...to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato.' Whether Shakspeare knew the unities, and rejected them by design, or deviated from them by happy ignorance,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 oldal
...powerful on the theatre, than in the page; imperial tragedy is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what...hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato 1 A play read, affects the mind like a play acted. It is therefore evident, that the action is not... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 oldal
...powerful on the theatre, than in the page ; imperial tragedy is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what...hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato ? A play read affects the mind like a play acted. It is therefore evident, that the action is not supposed... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 oldal
...powerful on the theatre, than in the page ; imperial tragedy is always less. The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what...hope to add dignity or force to the soliloquy of Cato ? A play read, affects the mind like a play acted. It is therefore evident, that the action is not... | |
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A play read affects the mind like a play acted. It is therefore evident that the action is not supposed to be real; and it follows that between the acts a longer or shorter time may be allowed to pass, and that no more account of space or duration is... 
