Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 10
עמוד 14
... event , and to every movement of genuine paffion . Thus , in the bulk of plays , a tirefome monotony prevails , a pompous declamatory ftile , without entering into different characters or paffions . Elements of Criticism , vol . ii . p ...
... event , and to every movement of genuine paffion . Thus , in the bulk of plays , a tirefome monotony prevails , a pompous declamatory ftile , without entering into different characters or paffions . Elements of Criticism , vol . ii . p ...
עמוד 36
... event of the plot . The fable of Othello is much more regular than was cuftomary with Shake- fpear . The episodes are fewer , and the incidents much better connected ; yet in this tragedy there are many fuperfluous fcenes , which might ...
... event of the plot . The fable of Othello is much more regular than was cuftomary with Shake- fpear . The episodes are fewer , and the incidents much better connected ; yet in this tragedy there are many fuperfluous fcenes , which might ...
עמוד 61
... that excel thofe of Tacitus and Machia- vel ; and while the most important event , that could happen to the empire of the * Letter prefixed to the tragedy of Zara . world world was debating * , Crebillon has in- troduced a ( 61 )
... that excel thofe of Tacitus and Machia- vel ; and while the most important event , that could happen to the empire of the * Letter prefixed to the tragedy of Zara . world world was debating * , Crebillon has in- troduced a ( 61 )
עמוד 70
... event , aftonishment and grief for fome moments deprive him of fpeech ; recovering a little , he breaks in- to complaints and felf - reproaches ; then , wild with defpair , he flies to his fword , and endeavours to kill himself , but ...
... event , aftonishment and grief for fome moments deprive him of fpeech ; recovering a little , he breaks in- to complaints and felf - reproaches ; then , wild with defpair , he flies to his fword , and endeavours to kill himself , but ...
עמוד 91
... event , fays , You cannot close an eye that is fo bright ; You cannot ftrike a breast that is fo foft ; That has ten thousand ecftacies in ftore- For Carlos ? - No , my lord ; I mean for you .. - Nothing could be more artful than this ...
... event , fays , You cannot close an eye that is fo bright ; You cannot ftrike a breast that is fo foft ; That has ten thousand ecftacies in ftore- For Carlos ? - No , my lord ; I mean for you .. - Nothing could be more artful than this ...
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...