An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireCharles Dilly, 1785 - 316 oldal |
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... DRAMATIC POETS . SOME WITH REMARKS Upon the MISREPRESENTATIONS Of Monf . de VOLTAIRE . THE FIFTH EDITION , Corrected . To which are added , THREE DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD . By Mrs. MONTAGU . LONDON : PRINTED FOR CHARLES DILLY . M , DCC ...
... DRAMATIC POETS . SOME WITH REMARKS Upon the MISREPRESENTATIONS Of Monf . de VOLTAIRE . THE FIFTH EDITION , Corrected . To which are added , THREE DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD . By Mrs. MONTAGU . LONDON : PRINTED FOR CHARLES DILLY . M , DCC ...
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... Dramatic Poetry . P. 23 . On the Hiftorical Drama . P. 53 . The First Part of Henry IV . P. 89 . The Second Part of Henry IV . P. 113 . On the Præternatural Beings . P. 135 . The Tragedy of Macbeth . P. 175 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille ...
... Dramatic Poetry . P. 23 . On the Hiftorical Drama . P. 53 . The First Part of Henry IV . P. 89 . The Second Part of Henry IV . P. 113 . On the Præternatural Beings . P. 135 . The Tragedy of Macbeth . P. 175 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille ...
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... that , in a coun- try where Sophocles and Euripides are as well understood as in any part of Europe , the perfections of dramatic poetry should 10 be be as little comprehended as among the Chinese . Learning 2 INTRODUCTION .
... that , in a coun- try where Sophocles and Euripides are as well understood as in any part of Europe , the perfections of dramatic poetry should 10 be be as little comprehended as among the Chinese . Learning 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... dramatic writers in the following lines : Gardez donc de donner , ainfi que dans Clélie , L'air ni l'efprit François à l'antique Italie ; Et fous des noms Romains faiffant notre portrait , Peindre Caton galant , & Brutus damoret : the ...
... dramatic writers in the following lines : Gardez donc de donner , ainfi que dans Clélie , L'air ni l'efprit François à l'antique Italie ; Et fous des noms Romains faiffant notre portrait , Peindre Caton galant , & Brutus damoret : the ...
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... dramas must be excellent if they are regu- lated by Aristotle's clock . To bring within a limited time , and an affigned ... drama would make a good tragedy , tho ' it might prevent a poet more bold than judicious , from writ- ing a very ...
... dramas must be excellent if they are regu- lated by Aristotle's clock . To bring within a limited time , and an affigned ... drama would make a good tragedy , tho ' it might prevent a poet more bold than judicious , from writ- ing a very ...
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248. oldal - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
266. oldal - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend...
182. oldal - But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
266. oldal - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
261. oldal - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
262. oldal - I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
183. oldal - And, — pr'ythee, lead me in : There, take an inventory of all I have ; To the last penny, 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell ! Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
262. oldal - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man.
187. oldal - If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir.
189. oldal - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...