The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: In Fourteen Volumes: with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes, Volumen1J. Ballantyne, 1812 - 14 páginas |
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... come- dies , and pathos in their more serious plays , which suit generally with all men's humour . Shakspeare's language is likewise a little ob- solete ; and Ben Jonson's wit comes short of theirs . " Mr Gifford , in the introduction ...
... come- dies , and pathos in their more serious plays , which suit generally with all men's humour . Shakspeare's language is likewise a little ob- solete ; and Ben Jonson's wit comes short of theirs . " Mr Gifford , in the introduction ...
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... come the peculiar boast of the nation . They are also most eloquent in the harangues which oċ- cur in their heroic plays ; and the altercations between their characters are replete with viva- city and pointed reply . In descriptive ...
... come the peculiar boast of the nation . They are also most eloquent in the harangues which oċ- cur in their heroic plays ; and the altercations between their characters are replete with viva- city and pointed reply . In descriptive ...
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... come to the knowledge of the editor respecting their dramatic history , has been mentioned , and in which he has constantly endeavoured to ascer tain , if possible , the date when they were origin- ally produced , and to decide upon the ...
... come to the knowledge of the editor respecting their dramatic history , has been mentioned , and in which he has constantly endeavoured to ascer tain , if possible , the date when they were origin- ally produced , and to decide upon the ...
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... come forth as correct as might be and we were very opportunely in- formed of a copy which an ingenious and worthy gentleman had taken the pains , or rather the plea sure , to read over ; wherein he had all along cor- rected ' several ...
... come forth as correct as might be and we were very opportunely in- formed of a copy which an ingenious and worthy gentleman had taken the pains , or rather the plea sure , to read over ; wherein he had all along cor- rected ' several ...
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... come forth , Working again until he said , ' twas fit , And made him the sobriety of his wit . Though thus he call'd his judge into his fame , And for that aid allow'd him half the name , " & c . See Cartwright's Poem , below . Mr ...
... come forth , Working again until he said , ' twas fit , And made him the sobriety of his wit . Though thus he call'd his judge into his fame , And for that aid allow'd him half the name , " & c . See Cartwright's Poem , below . Mr ...
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Página clxv - Do my face (If thou had'st ever feeling of a sorrow) Thus, thus, Antiphila : strive to make me look Like Sorrow's monument ; and the trees about me, Let them be dry and leafless ; let the rocks Groan with continual surges ; and behind me, Make all a desolation.
Página cxcvi - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página clix - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Página xxxv - What things have we seen Done at the ' Mermaid ? ' Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Página lxx - Beaumont and Fletcher, of whom I am next to speak, had, with the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts improved by study; Beaumont especially being so accurate a judge of plays that Ben Jonson, while he lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and, 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving all his plots.
Página cl - Every Man out of his Humour," usurped that dictatorship, in the Literary Republic, which he so sturdily and invariably maintained, though long and hardily disputed.
Página 190 - Troul the black bowl to me ;" and a woman that will sing a catch in her travail. I have seen a man come by my door with a serious face, in a black cloak, without a hatband, carrying his head as if he look'd for pins in the street.
Página cxxxix - ... off, before he committed one word to writing, and never touched pen till all was to stand as firm and immutable as if engraven in brass or marble.
Página clix - em. he would weep, As if he meant to make 'em grow again. Seeing such pretty helpless innocence Dwell in his face, I ask'd him all his story. He told me, that his parents gentle died, Leaving him to the mercy of the fields, Which gave him roots ; and of the crystal springs, Which did not stop their courses ; and the sun, Which still, he thank'd him, yielded him his light.
Página 143 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright Honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned Honour by the locks; So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities.