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 VoltaireCharles Dilly, 1785 - 316 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are the object of confideration , if we do not re- member the different circumftances under which these writings were compofed . Shake- fpear's plays were to be acted in a paltry ta ...
... shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are the object of confideration , if we do not re- member the different circumftances under which these writings were compofed . Shake- fpear's plays were to be acted in a paltry ta ...
Pàgina 20
... shall we not be apt to treat the cold formal precepts of the Critic , with the fame peevish contempt , that the good lady in the Guardian , smart- ing in the anguish of a burn , does her fon's pedantic intrufion of Mr. Locke's doctrine ...
... shall we not be apt to treat the cold formal precepts of the Critic , with the fame peevish contempt , that the good lady in the Guardian , smart- ing in the anguish of a burn , does her fon's pedantic intrufion of Mr. Locke's doctrine ...
Pàgina 32
... paffion of the unhappy person , and on his own fenfe of his misfortunes . From description , from the report of a Spectator , we may make fome conjecture of his in- ternal ternal ftate of mind , and fo far we shall 32 On DRAMATIC POETRY .
... paffion of the unhappy person , and on his own fenfe of his misfortunes . From description , from the report of a Spectator , we may make fome conjecture of his in- ternal ternal ftate of mind , and fo far we shall 32 On DRAMATIC POETRY .
Pàgina 33
... shall be moved : but the direct and immediate way to the heart is by the Sufferer's expref- fion of his paffion . As there may be fome obfcurity in what I have faid on this fub- ject , I will endeavour to illuftrate the doc- trine by ...
... shall be moved : but the direct and immediate way to the heart is by the Sufferer's expref- fion of his paffion . As there may be fome obfcurity in what I have faid on this fub- ject , I will endeavour to illuftrate the doc- trine by ...
Pàgina 37
... shall be affected by what is acted ; and therefore if the diffi- culty of rhyme , and its apparent difference from the common language of dialogue , be fuch , as continually to fet the Art and the Artist before our eyes , the specific ...
... shall be affected by what is acted ; and therefore if the diffi- culty of rhyme , and its apparent difference from the common language of dialogue , be fuch , as continually to fet the Art and the Artist before our eyes , the specific ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 248 - 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...
Pàgina 266 - 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 182 - But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 261 - 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.
Pàgina 262 - I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Pàgina 183 - And, — pr'ythee, lead me in : There, take an inventory of all I have ; To the last penny, 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell ! Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Pàgina 262 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man.
Pàgina 187 - If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me, Without my stir.
Pàgina 189 - 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...