An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireHarding, 1810 - 296 páginas |
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... tion of his fault , that the vulgar here had not , as at Athens , been used to behold , ----- Gorgeous tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by , Presenting Thebes or Pelops ' line , Or the tale of Troy divine . Homer's Homer's works ...
... tion of his fault , that the vulgar here had not , as at Athens , been used to behold , ----- Gorgeous tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by , Presenting Thebes or Pelops ' line , Or the tale of Troy divine . Homer's Homer's works ...
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... tion , and not on account of his other excel- lencies only , he alone deserves the name of poet * . It is apparent therefore , how far this great critic prefers this , to every other species of imitation . The general object of poetry ...
... tion , and not on account of his other excel- lencies only , he alone deserves the name of poet * . It is apparent therefore , how far this great critic prefers this , to every other species of imitation . The general object of poetry ...
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... tion yields the place to animated ac- tion . He It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoisseur in a polite art , that Aris- totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to tragedy , as capable to ...
... tion yields the place to animated ac- tion . He It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoisseur in a polite art , that Aris- totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to tragedy , as capable to ...
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... tion ? These poets have plainly neglect- ed the moral ends which were the object of the Drama : and the manner of con- ducting their tragedy seems no less a de- viation from that which the great poets practised , and the best critics ...
... tion ? These poets have plainly neglect- ed the moral ends which were the object of the Drama : and the manner of con- ducting their tragedy seems no less a de- viation from that which the great poets practised , and the best critics ...
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... of pride and ambi- tion , the tyrant's dangers and the traitor's fatc . The sentiments and the manners , the passions and their consequences , are fully 1 fully set before you ; the force and lustre of 34 ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... of pride and ambi- tion , the tyrant's dangers and the traitor's fatc . The sentiments and the manners , the passions and their consequences , are fully 1 fully set before you ; the force and lustre of 34 ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare: Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Vista de fragmentos - 1966 |
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Vista de fragmentos - 1966 |
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Página 231 - Would he were fatter ! But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Página 238 - Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue — A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Página 173 - It will have blood, they say ; blood will have blood : Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak ; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.
Página 240 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that, on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Página 226 - 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 live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Página 244 - 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.
Página 148 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part ; And each particular hair to stand an end. Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Página 237 - 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!
Página 239 - 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. The noble Brutus Hath told you, Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus- is an honorable man ; So are they all, all honorable men) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
Página 240 - 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.