Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 12
עמוד 29
... prefent .time to two thousand years back . And it must appear ridiculous , that a critic , who makes no difficulty of fup- pofing candle - light to be fun - fhine , and fome painted canvaffes a palace or a prison , fhould hould affect ...
... prefent .time to two thousand years back . And it must appear ridiculous , that a critic , who makes no difficulty of fup- pofing candle - light to be fun - fhine , and fome painted canvaffes a palace or a prison , fhould hould affect ...
עמוד 36
... much better connected ; yet in this tragedy there are many fuperfluous fcenes , which might be retrenched with- out the fable's fuffering : the first scene , and and feveral others , prefent fome pictures of tragi - ( 36 )
... much better connected ; yet in this tragedy there are many fuperfluous fcenes , which might be retrenched with- out the fable's fuffering : the first scene , and and feveral others , prefent fome pictures of tragi - ( 36 )
עמוד 37
and feveral others , prefent fome pictures of tragi - comedy , the moft barbarous of all compofitions . As to Hamlet , it is . the moft irregular of the three . I have often endeavoured to discover a unity of action in it , by ...
and feveral others , prefent fome pictures of tragi - comedy , the moft barbarous of all compofitions . As to Hamlet , it is . the moft irregular of the three . I have often endeavoured to discover a unity of action in it , by ...
עמוד 45
... prefent . I know it will be objected to this , that it is needlefs to alter a tragedy , which at prefent is one of the fineft on our theatre : but the fuccefs which Hamlet meets with now , is owing to those beauties which might be pre ...
... prefent . I know it will be objected to this , that it is needlefs to alter a tragedy , which at prefent is one of the fineft on our theatre : but the fuccefs which Hamlet meets with now , is owing to those beauties which might be pre ...
עמוד 54
... prefent feel , or have formerly been fwayed by . Man without paffions , is a chimera ; but man a prey to all paffions , is a being equally chimerical . The fame conftitu- tion of body that gives us up a prey to fome , fecures us from ...
... prefent feel , or have formerly been fwayed by . Man without paffions , is a chimera ; but man a prey to all paffions , is a being equally chimerical . The fame conftitu- tion of body that gives us up a prey to fome , fecures us from ...
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...