Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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עמוד 85
... against the scene . After a pause , In thunder - No , that had not ftruck fo deep , & c . Demetrius's exclamations , the diorder of his mind , and the agony of his heart till Erixene stabs herself , and his follow- ing her example , in ...
... against the scene . After a pause , In thunder - No , that had not ftruck fo deep , & c . Demetrius's exclamations , the diorder of his mind , and the agony of his heart till Erixene stabs herself , and his follow- ing her example , in ...
עמוד 95
... against The window of the fick , and croak'd defpair : Thy wife is dead ! Alonzo , who , when he had disarmed the Moor , hid the dagger in his bofom , now ftabs himself with it , and the tra- gedy concludes with a pathetic fpeech of ...
... against The window of the fick , and croak'd defpair : Thy wife is dead ! Alonzo , who , when he had disarmed the Moor , hid the dagger in his bofom , now ftabs himself with it , and the tra- gedy concludes with a pathetic fpeech of ...
עמוד 101
... against the Scy- thians with fuccefs . On his return to Ba- bylon he meets with his friend Mitranes , and the piece opens with the converfa- tion between them : He relates that his ( supposed ) father , on his death - bed , gave him a ...
... against the Scy- thians with fuccefs . On his return to Ba- bylon he meets with his friend Mitranes , and the piece opens with the converfa- tion between them : He relates that his ( supposed ) father , on his death - bed , gave him a ...
עמוד 109
... likewife tranflated it : but only the three first scenes of that verfion were printed * . * See Supplement to the Nouvelles Literaires , for the 17th of October , 1716 , We The cry against modern tragedy has for fome years been ( 109 )
... likewife tranflated it : but only the three first scenes of that verfion were printed * . * See Supplement to the Nouvelles Literaires , for the 17th of October , 1716 , We The cry against modern tragedy has for fome years been ( 109 )
עמוד 110
The cry against modern tragedy has for fome years been fo loud and univer- fal , that it is a little dangerous not to join in the fashion of the times ; yet I muft We have an Italian tranflation by the abbot Sal- vini ; and this tragedy ...
The cry against modern tragedy has for fome years been fo loud and univer- fal , that it is a little dangerous not to join in the fashion of the times ; yet I muft We have an Italian tranflation by the abbot Sal- vini ; and this tragedy ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
abfurd action affecting againſt alfo almoft Alonzo alſo anfwer Arzaces audience Barbaroffa becauſe Carlos cataſtrophe Cato character compaffion compofed compofition Corneille Creon Criticifm death diſcover epifodes expreffed fable faid falfe fame fatire fays fcene fenti fentiments fhall fhews fhort fhould firſt fituation fome fometimes foul fpeaking fpectator fpeech French ftage ftrokes fubject fuch fuppofe furprize gedy genius greateſt Hamlet Henriade hiftory himſelf intereft juft Juliet king la Henriade laft language laſt lefs Leonora Macbeth manner ment moft Monf moſt muft murder muſt n'eft nature neceffary noble obferved occafion Othello paffages paffion pathetic perfon perfonages piece pity play pleaſure poet prefent Preferved prince of Condé profe Racine racter raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reprefentation reprefented Revenge rife Romeo Romeo and Juliet ſcene Semiramis Shakeſpear Sophocles ſpeak terror theatre thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflation unities Voltaire whofe wrote Zanga Zara
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 134 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
עמוד 185 - Good heav'ns, is this, — is this the man who braves me? Who bids my age make way, drives me before him, To the world's ridge, and sweeps me off like rubbish?
עמוד 135 - Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she...
עמוד 42 - James, in which this tragedy was written, many circumstances concurred to propagate and confirm this opinion. The king, who was much celebrated for his knowledge, had, before his arrival in England, not only examined in person a woman accused of witchcraft but had given a very formal account of the practices and...
עמוד 135 - ... uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married.
עמוד 40 - IN order to make a true estimate of the abilities and merit of a writer, it is always necessary to examine the genius of his age, and the opinions of his contemporaries.
עמוד 43 - Shakespeare might be easily allowed to found a play, especially since he has followed with great exactness such histories as were then thought true ; nor can it be doubted that the scenes of enchantment, however they may now be ridiculed, were both by himself and his audience thought awful and affecting.
עמוד 135 - But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a...
עמוד 85 - I arrest you in the name of mercy, And dare compel your stay: Is then one look, One word, one moment, a last moment too, When I stand tottering on the brink of death, A cruel ignominious death, too much For one that loves like me ? A length of years You may devote to my blest rival's arms, I ask but one short moment.
עמוד 96 - Christian, thou mistak'st my character. Look on me. Who am I ? I know, thou say'st The Moor, a slave, an abject, beaten slave (Eternal woes to him that made me so!): But look again. Has six years cruel bondage...