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 էջ |
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... jar- gon caught from the tone of a court . In or- der to please upon the French stage , every perfon of every age and nation was made to adopt French manners . A 2 The The Heroes of antiquity were not more disguised in the INTRODUCTION . 3.
... jar- gon caught from the tone of a court . In or- der to please upon the French stage , every perfon of every age and nation was made to adopt French manners . A 2 The The Heroes of antiquity were not more disguised in the INTRODUCTION . 3.
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... stage had exhibited only those palpable allegories , by which rude unletter- ed moralifts inftruct and please the grofs and ignorant multitude . Nothing can more plainly evince the opinion , the poets of those times had of the ignorance ...
... stage had exhibited only those palpable allegories , by which rude unletter- ed moralifts inftruct and please the grofs and ignorant multitude . Nothing can more plainly evince the opinion , the poets of those times had of the ignorance ...
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... Stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the spec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through which it opens to itself a communication with the heart , where it is to excite certain ...
... Stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the spec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through which it opens to itself a communication with the heart , where it is to excite certain ...
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... Stage , and is the effect alone of strong - work- ing sympathy , and paffions agitated by the peculiar force and activity of the dramatic manner . Writers of feeble genius , in their compofitions for the Stage , frequently de- viate ...
... Stage , and is the effect alone of strong - work- ing sympathy , and paffions agitated by the peculiar force and activity of the dramatic manner . Writers of feeble genius , in their compofitions for the Stage , frequently de- viate ...
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... Stage is fufpended . The pompous declamations of the French Theatre are mere rhetorical flourishes , fuch as an uninterested person might make on the state of the perfons in the drama . They affume the office of the Spectator by ...
... Stage is fufpended . The pompous declamations of the French Theatre are mere rhetorical flourishes , fuch as an uninterested person might make on the state of the perfons in the drama . They affume the office of the Spectator by ...
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abfurd addreſs admired Affaffin affift affume againſt allegory anſwer ANTONY appears Auguftus baſe beſt blood Brutus Cæfar Caffius cauſe character Cinna circumſtances confpiracy confpirators Corneille criticiſm critics dæmons defire diſtinguiſhed drama ELPINICE Emilia Engliſh eſtabliſhed Euripides fable fame faſhion fays fecret feems fentiments fhall fhew firſt fituation folemn foliloquy fome foul fpecies French fubjects fuch fuperiority furely genius ghoft greateſt greatneſs hath heart heav'n hero himſelf hiſtory honour human imitation intereſt itſelf juſt king lefs leſs Macbeth manners mind moft moſt muſt nature neceffary obferved occafion paffion perfons philofophic piece play pleaſe pleaſure Poet Poetry prefent purpoſes racter raiſed reaſon refpect repreſentation repreſented reſemblance Roman ſay ſcene ſeems Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpectator ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſuch Tacitus taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion tragedy tranflation underſtand uſed verfe Voltaire vulgar whofe whoſe Witches
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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!