A General View of the Stage: By Mr. WilkesJ. Coote; and W. Whetstone, Dublin, 1759 - 335 pàgines |
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Pàgina 9
... must be the abi- lities that can awake the flumbering fenfes , break the fetters of prepoffeffion , and fo far clear the mind , that every object may be viewed in a distinct and impartial light , In various nations , in different ages ...
... must be the abi- lities that can awake the flumbering fenfes , break the fetters of prepoffeffion , and fo far clear the mind , that every object may be viewed in a distinct and impartial light , In various nations , in different ages ...
Pàgina 14
... must repent of them in his cooler moments . But this abufe of Thalia happens only in two cafes : either when the poet is naturally of a profligate difpofition , or when neceffity obliges him to ftoop to please the taste of an age , of ...
... must repent of them in his cooler moments . But this abufe of Thalia happens only in two cafes : either when the poet is naturally of a profligate difpofition , or when neceffity obliges him to ftoop to please the taste of an age , of ...
Pàgina 15
... must have starved ; yet he thought a very long life too fhort to repent of this pro- ftitution of genius , to which he was compelled by the depraved tafte of his audiences . Vice is of a contagious nature : the people in this reign ...
... must have starved ; yet he thought a very long life too fhort to repent of this pro- ftitution of genius , to which he was compelled by the depraved tafte of his audiences . Vice is of a contagious nature : the people in this reign ...
Pàgina 25
... and cruelty , we are at liberty to weep her fate ; tho ' we must acknowledge the juftice of that Being which thus repays her former crimes , at the 6 fame 1 fame time that it punishes the perfidious Ali- cia OF THE STAGE . 25.
... and cruelty , we are at liberty to weep her fate ; tho ' we must acknowledge the juftice of that Being which thus repays her former crimes , at the 6 fame 1 fame time that it punishes the perfidious Ali- cia OF THE STAGE . 25.
Pàgina 52
... must have had a recent and convincing proof in the exhibitions of Burlettas , made , about three years fince , by the Giardino family , in the Hay - Market : the admirable action , indeed , of La Spiletta must have made a lasting ...
... must have had a recent and convincing proof in the exhibitions of Burlettas , made , about three years fince , by the Giardino family , in the Hay - Market : the admirable action , indeed , of La Spiletta must have made a lasting ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
Aaron Hill action Actor affume againſt almoſt alſo antient applauſe audience beauty becauſe beſt caft cauſe character Cibber Comedy comic countenance diſcover diſplay Drama drefs dreſs eaſe entertainment excellent expreffed faid Fair Penitent fame fatire fays feems feen fenfe fentiment fhall fhews fion firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpeech ftriking fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport Garrick genius grace greateſt grief higheſt himſelf humour Iago inftruction itſelf Jane Shore judgment juſt laſt lefs manner Maſks maſter ment merit moft moſt Mufic muft muſt nature obferved Othello paffion Painting perfon performance pington Play Player pleafing pleaſing pleaſure Poet poffeffed prefent preferves propriety racter raiſe reaſon repreſent Rofcius ſay ſcene ſee ſeen ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpeaking ſpirit Stage ſtand ſtill ſtrength ſtudy taſte tenderneſs Theatre thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Tragedy underſtanding uſe utmoſt voice whofe whoſe
Passatges populars
Pàgina 133 - Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, — Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof; Or, by the worth of mine eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my wak'd wrath ! lago.
Pàgina 164 - That I must die, it is my only comfort ; Death is the privilege of human nature, And life without it were not worth our taking: " Thither the poor, the pris'ner, and the mourner, \\* " Fly for relief, and lay their burthens down.
Pàgina 126 - Alack, alack, is it not like that I So early waking, what with loathsome smells And shrieks like mandrakes...
Pàgina 127 - Imparadised in one another's arms, The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to hell am thrust...
Pàgina 226 - As for Maister Greene, all that I will speak of him (and that without flattery) is this (if I were worthy to censure) there was not an actor of his nature, in his time, of better ability in performance of what he undertook, more applauded by the audience, of greater grace at the court, or of more general love in the city.
Pàgina 123 - ... .In Sophocles, when the unfortunate Deianira discovers her mistake in having sent a . poisoned vestment to her husband Hercules; her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable, and she answers not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would have put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
Pàgina 121 - Away, stand off ! where is she ? let me fly, Save her from death, and snatch her to my heart. Aim. Oh! Alph. Forbear ; my arms alone shall hold her up, Warm her to life, and wake her into gladness.
Pàgina 147 - Kneller recognised in him a superior artist. Sir Godfrey remarks that "he could only copy nature from the originals before him, but that Dogget could vary them at pleasure and yet keep a close likeness.
Pàgina 164 - Thither the Poor, the Pris'ner, and the Mourner, Fly for Relief, and lay their Burthens down. Come then, and take me now to thy cold Arms, Thou meagre Shade ; here let me breathe my last...
Pàgina 234 - I never see him coming down from one corner of the Stage with his old grey hair standing, as it were, erect upon his head, his face filled with horror and attention, his hands expanded, and his whole frame actuated by a dreadful solemnity but I am astounded and share in all his distresses. Nay, as Shakespeare in some different place, with elegance, observes upon another subject, one might interpret from the dumbness of his gesture.