The Plays of William Shakspeare. ....T. Bensley, 1800 |
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Página xvi
... observe , that the unities are kept here , with an exactness uncommon to the liberties of his writing ; though that was what , I fuppofe , he valued himself leaft leaft upon , fince his excellencies were all of another xvi ACCOUNT OF ...
... observe , that the unities are kept here , with an exactness uncommon to the liberties of his writing ; though that was what , I fuppofe , he valued himself leaft leaft upon , fince his excellencies were all of another xvi ACCOUNT OF ...
Página xvii
... observed in these fort of writings ; yet he does it so very finely , that one is easily drawn in to have more faith for his fake , than reafon does well allow of . His magick has fomething in it very so- lemn , and very poetical and ...
... observed in these fort of writings ; yet he does it so very finely , that one is easily drawn in to have more faith for his fake , than reafon does well allow of . His magick has fomething in it very so- lemn , and very poetical and ...
Página xxxviii
... observations are to be confidered not as unex- ceptionably conftant , but as containing general and pre- dominant truth . Shakspeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly without rugged- nefs or ...
... observations are to be confidered not as unex- ceptionably conftant , but as containing general and pre- dominant truth . Shakspeare's familiar dialogue is affirmed to be smooth and clear , yet not wholly without rugged- nefs or ...
Página lii
... observation impregnated by genius . Cato affords a fplendid exhibition of artificial and fictitious manners , and delivers just and noble sentiments , in diction eafy , elevated , and harmonious , but its hopes and fears communicate no ...
... observation impregnated by genius . Cato affords a fplendid exhibition of artificial and fictitious manners , and delivers just and noble sentiments , in diction eafy , elevated , and harmonious , but its hopes and fears communicate no ...
Página lv
... observation and accuracy of dif- tinction which books and precepts cannot confer ; from this almost all original and native excellence proceeds . Shakspeare must have looked upon mankind with perfpi- cacity , in the highest degree ...
... observation and accuracy of dif- tinction which books and precepts cannot confer ; from this almost all original and native excellence proceeds . Shakspeare must have looked upon mankind with perfpi- cacity , in the highest degree ...
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Página 43 - Hence, bashful cunning; And prompt me, plain and holy innocence ! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid : to be your fellow You may deny me ; but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.
Página 16 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Página xlii - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.
Página 64 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites, and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew...
Página 64 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth By my so potent art.
Página 10 - Know thus far forth. — By accident most strange, bountiful fortune, Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore ; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.
Página xxxiv - ... state of sublunary nature, which partakes of good and evil, joy and sorrow, mingled with endless variety of proportion and innumerable modes of combination; and expressing the course of the world, in which the loss of one is the gain of another; in which, at the same time, the reveller is...
Página xxx - Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of Nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Página 26 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty; — Seb.
Página lxx - ... which all would be indifferent in its original state may attract notice when the fate of a name is appended to it. A commentator has indeed great temptations to supply by turbulence what he wants of dignity, to beat his little gold to a spacious surface, to work that to foam which no art or diligence can exalt to spirit.