A General View of the Stage: By Mr. WilkesJ. Coote; and W. Whetstone, Dublin, 1759 - 335 oldal |
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vii. oldal
... Speaking , Looks , and Action : illuftrated by comparing Iago with Zanga , CHAP . VI . Of drefs and its propriety , CHAP . VII . 114 144 Of the errors and improprieties which an Aṛlor is to avoid , PART III . 149 A Short HISTORICAL ...
... Speaking , Looks , and Action : illuftrated by comparing Iago with Zanga , CHAP . VI . Of drefs and its propriety , CHAP . VII . 114 144 Of the errors and improprieties which an Aṛlor is to avoid , PART III . 149 A Short HISTORICAL ...
16. oldal
... speaking , and fee fo much genuine wit and humour exhausted in the service of vice , fuch fhining talents proftituted to fuch infamous ends ? Can we , without grief , behold men of fuch genius , as Buckingham and Rochester , fquandering ...
... speaking , and fee fo much genuine wit and humour exhausted in the service of vice , fuch fhining talents proftituted to fuch infamous ends ? Can we , without grief , behold men of fuch genius , as Buckingham and Rochester , fquandering ...
20. oldal
... speak in their proper place . At present we fhall confine ourselves to examine the nature , defign , and end of Tragedy ; in confidering and commenting upon which with particular exactness , we find the most auftere philofo- pher ...
... speak in their proper place . At present we fhall confine ourselves to examine the nature , defign , and end of Tragedy ; in confidering and commenting upon which with particular exactness , we find the most auftere philofo- pher ...
52. oldal
... speaking and any .inftruc- mummery , without tion , and with very little meaning , of which many of my readers must have had a recent and convincing proof in the exhibitions of Burlettas , made , about three years fince , by the ...
... speaking and any .inftruc- mummery , without tion , and with very little meaning , of which many of my readers must have had a recent and convincing proof in the exhibitions of Burlettas , made , about three years fince , by the ...
63. oldal
... speaking of comic Epilogues after Tragedies . We have indeed a fpecies of Drama , which , though it takes the place of Farce , cannot properly be called fo , because it answers all the ends of Comedy , commixing ufe with en- tertainment ...
... speaking of comic Epilogues after Tragedies . We have indeed a fpecies of Drama , which , though it takes the place of Farce , cannot properly be called fo , because it answers all the ends of Comedy , commixing ufe with en- tertainment ...
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133. oldal - Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, — Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof; Or, by the worth of mine eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my wak'd wrath ! lago.
164. oldal - That I must die, it is my only comfort ; Death is the privilege of human nature, And life without it were not worth our taking: " Thither the poor, the pris'ner, and the mourner, \\* " Fly for relief, and lay their burthens down.
126. oldal - Alack, alack, is it not like that I So early waking, what with loathsome smells And shrieks like mandrakes...
127. oldal - Imparadised in one another's arms, The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to hell am thrust...
226. oldal - As for Maister Greene, all that I will speak of him (and that without flattery) is this (if I were worthy to censure) there was not an actor of his nature, in his time, of better ability in performance of what he undertook, more applauded by the audience, of greater grace at the court, or of more general love in the city.
123. oldal - ... .In Sophocles, when the unfortunate Deianira discovers her mistake in having sent a . poisoned vestment to her husband Hercules; her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable, and she answers not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would have put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
121. oldal - Away, stand off ! where is she ? let me fly, Save her from death, and snatch her to my heart. Aim. Oh! Alph. Forbear ; my arms alone shall hold her up, Warm her to life, and wake her into gladness.
147. oldal - Kneller recognised in him a superior artist. Sir Godfrey remarks that "he could only copy nature from the originals before him, but that Dogget could vary them at pleasure and yet keep a close likeness.
164. oldal - Thither the Poor, the Pris'ner, and the Mourner, Fly for Relief, and lay their Burthens down. Come then, and take me now to thy cold Arms, Thou meagre Shade ; here let me breathe my last...
234. oldal - I never see him coming down from one corner of the Stage with his old grey hair standing, as it were, erect upon his head, his face filled with horror and attention, his hands expanded, and his whole frame actuated by a dreadful solemnity but I am astounded and share in all his distresses. Nay, as Shakespeare in some different place, with elegance, observes upon another subject, one might interpret from the dumbness of his gesture.