An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltairePriestley, 1810 - 296페이지 |
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... laws of drama would make a good tragedy , though it might prevent a poet more bold than judicious , from writing a very absurd one . A painter can define the just proportion of the human body , and the anato- mist knows what muscles ...
... laws of drama would make a good tragedy , though it might prevent a poet more bold than judicious , from writing a very absurd one . A painter can define the just proportion of the human body , and the anato- mist knows what muscles ...
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... laws of one country , who lived under those of another . Heaven - born genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of ap- peal to nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of ori ...
... laws of one country , who lived under those of another . Heaven - born genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of ap- peal to nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of ori ...
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... law of mechanics they were raised ? Like them , our Author's works will remain for ever the greatest monuments of ... laws ; nor is it more equitable to judge him entirely by the practice of any particular theatre . Yet some criterion ...
... law of mechanics they were raised ? Like them , our Author's works will remain for ever the greatest monuments of ... laws ; nor is it more equitable to judge him entirely by the practice of any particular theatre . Yet some criterion ...
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... laws : happily for Shakspeare , Mr. Johnson , whose genius and learning render him superior to a servile awe of pedantic institutions , in his in genious preface to his edition of Shakspeare , has well obviated all that can be objected ...
... laws : happily for Shakspeare , Mr. Johnson , whose genius and learning render him superior to a servile awe of pedantic institutions , in his in genious preface to his edition of Shakspeare , has well obviated all that can be objected ...
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... laws , She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To shrink my arm like to a wither'd shrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where sits deformity to mock my body ; To shape my legs of an uneven size ; To disproportion me in ...
... laws , She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To shrink my arm like to a wither'd shrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where sits deformity to mock my body ; To shape my legs of an uneven size ; To disproportion me in ...
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243 페이지 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
162 페이지 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
242 페이지 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that, on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
233 페이지 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men : he loves no plays. As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles; and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
245 페이지 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
240 페이지 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.
235 페이지 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
124 페이지 - Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war...
150 페이지 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part ; And each particular hair to stand an end. Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
239 페이지 - He, only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a man!