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 VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 páginas |
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... eyes , the specific merit of a piece intended to conceal the Poet , and re- prefent certain persons and events , does not , in any degree , exist in such compositions : Sophocles certainly unfolds the fatal mystery of the birth of ...
... eyes , the specific merit of a piece intended to conceal the Poet , and re- prefent certain persons and events , does not , in any degree , exist in such compositions : Sophocles certainly unfolds the fatal mystery of the birth of ...
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... eyes of Edipus are objects of too great horror for the spectator ; but is not Thefeus , in the midft of plagues and famine , adoring les beaux yeux of the princess Dirce as much an object of ridi- cule ? Fine Fine dialogues of love ...
... eyes of Edipus are objects of too great horror for the spectator ; but is not Thefeus , in the midft of plagues and famine , adoring les beaux yeux of the princess Dirce as much an object of ridi- cule ? Fine Fine dialogues of love ...
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... eye ; we appeal not here to any set of rules : but in an imitative art we require only just imi- tation , with a certain freedom and energy , which is always neceffary to form a com- pleat resemblance to the pattern , which is borrowed ...
... eye ; we appeal not here to any set of rules : but in an imitative art we require only just imi- tation , with a certain freedom and energy , which is always neceffary to form a com- pleat resemblance to the pattern , which is borrowed ...
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... eyes : PYMANTE . O toi , qui fecondant fon courage inhumain , Loin d'orner fes cheveux , difhonores fa main , Exécrable inftrument de fa brutale rage , Tu devais pour le moins refpecter fon image : Ce portrait accompli d'un chef - d ...
... eyes : PYMANTE . O toi , qui fecondant fon courage inhumain , Loin d'orner fes cheveux , difhonores fa main , Exécrable inftrument de fa brutale rage , Tu devais pour le moins refpecter fon image : Ce portrait accompli d'un chef - d ...
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... eye , and also the advice of Horace as to the manner of representing him on the stage . Impiger , iracundus , inexorabilis , acer . Jura neget fibi nata , nihil non arroget armis . His misdemeanors rife fo naturally out of his temper ...
... eye , and also the advice of Horace as to the manner of representing him on the stage . Impiger , iracundus , inexorabilis , acer . Jura neget fibi nata , nihil non arroget armis . His misdemeanors rife fo naturally out of his temper ...
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Página 247 - 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...
Página 260 - 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.
Página 265 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Página 265 - 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...
Página 254 - How that might change his nature, there's the question: It is the bright day that brings forth the adder; And that craves wary walking. Crown him? — that? And then, I grant, we put a sting in him, That at his will he may do danger with.
Página 182 - If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir.
Página 177 - Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then, The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Página 262 - 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.
Página 266 - 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.
Página 183 - 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...