A General View of the Stage: By Mr. WilkesJ. Coote; and W. Whetstone, Dublin, 1759 - 335 oldal |
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... writers of the last age , in his Effay on Dramatic Poefy , has defined a play to be " a just " and lively image of human nature , represent- " ing its paffions and humours , the changes of " fortune to which it is fubject , for the de ...
... writers of the last age , in his Effay on Dramatic Poefy , has defined a play to be " a just " and lively image of human nature , represent- " ing its paffions and humours , the changes of " fortune to which it is fubject , for the de ...
3. oldal
... it is here popular fury is raised ; or the wild tu- mult foothed ; it is here virtue may be en- forced ; and vice with all its arts put to flight . 1 B 2 But 1 But how faint is the power of the writer , OF THE STAGE . 3.
... it is here popular fury is raised ; or the wild tu- mult foothed ; it is here virtue may be en- forced ; and vice with all its arts put to flight . 1 B 2 But 1 But how faint is the power of the writer , OF THE STAGE . 3.
4. oldal
By Mr. Wilkes Samuel Derrick. But how faint is the power of the writer , the perfuafion of the orator , when weighed against the strength of the stage ; there we are truly animated : there we impress not on our memories barely , but on ...
By Mr. Wilkes Samuel Derrick. But how faint is the power of the writer , the perfuafion of the orator , when weighed against the strength of the stage ; there we are truly animated : there we impress not on our memories barely , but on ...
17. oldal
... writer's affertion , be- ing of opinion that the world is now very lit- tle better or worse than it was two thousand years fince ; and that had Shakespeare lived in any age , his talents would have taught him to have followed nature as ...
... writer's affertion , be- ing of opinion that the world is now very lit- tle better or worse than it was two thousand years fince ; and that had Shakespeare lived in any age , his talents would have taught him to have followed nature as ...
19. oldal
... writers , and attack a favorite fubject for that purpose , with falfe quotation , and willing mifreprefentation . If Collier and Bedford have inveighed against the stage with great acrimony , have not Zoilus , Rymer , and Lauder ...
... writers , and attack a favorite fubject for that purpose , with falfe quotation , and willing mifreprefentation . If Collier and Bedford have inveighed against the stage with great acrimony , have not Zoilus , Rymer , and Lauder ...
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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.