Scanderbeg: Or, Love and Liberty: A TragedyW. Reeve, 1747 - 320 páginas |
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... Person of Scanderbeg , he was of a fair Complexion ; his Features regular , and his Coun- tenance manly and majeftic , fo that his Face was perfectly handfome , without the leaft unbecoming Softnefs . His Stature was high , his Limbs ...
... Person of Scanderbeg , he was of a fair Complexion ; his Features regular , and his Coun- tenance manly and majeftic , fo that his Face was perfectly handfome , without the leaft unbecoming Softnefs . His Stature was high , his Limbs ...
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... person there will lead them on ; - Give that prefumptuous rebel then to know The force of our puiffant arm , and learn allegiance . So Jove , when rebel Titans vainly ftrove , With impious aim , to fto n the realms above , Unmov'd ...
... person there will lead them on ; - Give that prefumptuous rebel then to know The force of our puiffant arm , and learn allegiance . So Jove , when rebel Titans vainly ftrove , With impious aim , to fto n the realms above , Unmov'd ...
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... Person of Merit , and the Town had great Expectations from this Piece , he was advised to print it by Subscription , which was done accordingly in the Year 1738 ; and the Generofity of his Friends , and many of the Nobility , to make ...
... Person of Merit , and the Town had great Expectations from this Piece , he was advised to print it by Subscription , which was done accordingly in the Year 1738 ; and the Generofity of his Friends , and many of the Nobility , to make ...
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... Persons of great Quality on that Account . The late Duke of Albemarle , Son of General Monk , had him fre- quently at his Table to divert his Company in that Way , of which he was not a little vain , as we may gather from Part of a Song ...
... Persons of great Quality on that Account . The late Duke of Albemarle , Son of General Monk , had him fre- quently at his Table to divert his Company in that Way , of which he was not a little vain , as we may gather from Part of a Song ...
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... Person . Sir THOMAS MOOR . A Gentleman Knighted by his late Majefty King George I. upon what Account we know not ; but believe it could hardly be for his Poetry ; he lived in Surry , and wrote the following Play : Mangora King of the ...
... Person . Sir THOMAS MOOR . A Gentleman Knighted by his late Majefty King George I. upon what Account we know not ; but believe it could hardly be for his Poetry ; he lived in Surry , and wrote the following Play : Mangora King of the ...
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Página 140 - He had by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Página 142 - Mr. Jonson, who was at that time altogether unknown to the world, had offered one of his plays to the players, in order to have it acted ; and the persons into whose hands it was put, after having turned it carelessly and superciliously over, were just upon returning it to him with an ill-natured answer, that it would be of no service to their company ; when...
Página 147 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Página 142 - His Acquaintance with Ben Johnson began with a remarkable piece of Humanity and good Nature; Mr Johnson, who was at that Time altogether unknown to the World, had offer'd one of his Plays to the Players, in order to have it...
Página 140 - He was received into the company then in being, at first in a very mean rank ; but his admirable wit, and the natural turn of it to the stage, soon distinguished him, if not as an extraordinary actor, yet as an excellent writer.
Página 140 - Perhaps we are not to look for his beginnings, like those of other authors, among their least perfect writings ; art had so little, and nature so large a share in what he did, that, for aught I know...
Página 222 - I will say but one word more in general of his writings, which is, that what he has done in any one species, or distinct kind, would have been sufficient to have acquired him a great name. If he had written nothing but his prefaces, or nothing but his songs or his prologues, each of them would have entitled him to the preference and distinction of excelling in his kind.
Página 139 - ... he was his eldest son, he could give him no better education than his own employment.
Página 221 - Indeed, it is to be regretted, that he was rather blameable in the other extreme; for, by that means, he was personally less known, and, consequently, his character might become liable both to misapprehensions and misrepresentations.
Página 221 - ... last, even to near seventy years of age, improving even in fire and imagination, as well as in judgment; witness his Ode on St Cecilia's Day, and his Fables, his latest performances.