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 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... rules of Ariftotle , which would be like trying a man by the laws of one coun- try , who lived under thofe of another .. Heaven - born Genius acts from fomething fu- A 4 perior perior to Rules , and antecedent to Rules ; and INTRODUCTION .
... rules of Ariftotle , which would be like trying a man by the laws of one coun- try , who lived under thofe of another .. Heaven - born Genius acts from fomething fu- A 4 perior perior to Rules , and antecedent to Rules ; and INTRODUCTION .
Pàgina 8
... Rules , and antecedent to Rules ; and has a right of appeal to Nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of original writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into ...
... Rules , and antecedent to Rules ; and has a right of appeal to Nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of original writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into ...
Pàgina 11
... rules of compofition ; the felicity , with which he performs what no rules can teach , escapes him . efcapes him . Will not an intelligent fpectator admire the prodigious ftructures of Stone - Henge , because he does not know by what ...
... rules of compofition ; the felicity , with which he performs what no rules can teach , escapes him . efcapes him . Will not an intelligent fpectator admire the prodigious ftructures of Stone - Henge , because he does not know by what ...
Pàgina 20
... rules , can rife to faults true critics dare not mend . In delineating characters he must be allowed very far to furpafs all dramatic wri- ters , and even Homer himself ; he gives an air of reality to every thing , and , in spite of ...
... rules , can rife to faults true critics dare not mend . In delineating characters he must be allowed very far to furpafs all dramatic wri- ters , and even Homer himself ; he gives an air of reality to every thing , and , in spite of ...
Pàgina 27
... of man , or be- nefits society ; even rules of domestic œco- nomy , focial behaviour , and all the fweet civilities of life , are taught by this great master , master , of what may be called , in the On DRAMATIC POETRY . 27.
... of man , or be- nefits society ; even rules of domestic œco- nomy , focial behaviour , and all the fweet civilities of life , are taught by this great master , master , of what may be called , in the On DRAMATIC POETRY . 27.
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Visualització completa - 1772 |
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Visualització completa - 1772 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 268 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. 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.
Pàgina 194 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pàgina 258 - 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.
Pàgina 269 - 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...
Pàgina 265 - Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill; Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Pàgina 266 - 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.
Pàgina 181 - 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, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of...
Pàgina 211 - Are they inform'd of this? My breath and blood!— Fiery? the fiery duke?— Tell the hot duke, that— No, but not yet: — may be, he is not well: Infirmity doth still neglect all office, Whereto our health is bound; we are not ourselves, When nature, being oppress'd, commands the mind To suffer with the body: I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier...
Pàgina 270 - 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.
Pàgina 262 - 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!