Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer. RasselasNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... force upon my pre- fent fubject . Though ridicule , which is the business of comedy , be not lefs uniform in all times , than the paffions which are moved by tragick compofitions ; yet , if diverfity of manners may fometimes difguife ...
... force upon my pre- fent fubject . Though ridicule , which is the business of comedy , be not lefs uniform in all times , than the paffions which are moved by tragick compofitions ; yet , if diverfity of manners may fometimes difguife ...
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... force of argument , we had never been told of the Tro- jan war . On the other fide , Ariftophanes is an author more confiderable than one would imagine . The Hiftory of Greece could not pass over him , when it comes to touch upon the ...
... force of argument , we had never been told of the Tro- jan war . On the other fide , Ariftophanes is an author more confiderable than one would imagine . The Hiftory of Greece could not pass over him , when it comes to touch upon the ...
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... force from his 66 power of copying . His Mifanthrope is , in my opi- " nion , the most complete , and likewife the most " fingular character that has ever appeared upon the ftage but the difpofition of his comedies is always " defective ...
... force from his 66 power of copying . His Mifanthrope is , in my opi- " nion , the most complete , and likewife the most " fingular character that has ever appeared upon the ftage but the difpofition of his comedies is always " defective ...
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... force and fire . Whether they are right , or no , is another queftion ; all that I mean to advace is , that we are to fix it as a conclu- fion , that comick authors must grow obfolete with the modes of life , if we admit any one age ...
... force and fire . Whether they are right , or no , is another queftion ; all that I mean to advace is , that we are to fix it as a conclu- fion , that comick authors must grow obfolete with the modes of life , if we admit any one age ...
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... force of time . The Mufe of Moliere has almoft made both of them for- gotten , and would still be walking the stage , if the de- fire of novelty did not in time make us weary of that which we have too frequently admired . Thofe who have ...
... force of time . The Mufe of Moliere has almoft made both of them for- gotten , and would still be walking the stage , if the de- fire of novelty did not in time make us weary of that which we have too frequently admired . Thofe who have ...
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againſt amufe anfwered Ariftophanes Baffa Banquo becauſe caufe cenfure comedy comick confequence confidered converfation defign defire delight difcovered eafily endeavoured eſcape Euripides faid Imlac faid the prince fame fatire fays fcarcely fcene fecurity feems feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle firft firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed furely genius happineſs happy himſelf honour hope imagine itſelf juft kayah laft leaſt lefs likewife lofe loft Macbeth mankind Menander mifery mind moft Moliere moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Nekayah never obfcure obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Pekuah phanes Plautus pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poet prefent princefs publick purpoſe racter Raffelas raiſe reafon refolved refpect reft ſhall Socrates ſtate taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy underſtand univerfal uſed whofe
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Página 317 - But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Página 329 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine not the individual but the species, to remark general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Página 316 - Nile through all his passage; pass over to distant regions, and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other!
Página 305 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Página 389 - Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly!
Página 95 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Página 378 - ... after conformity of opinions, similarity of manners, rectitude of judgment, or purity of sentiment?
Página 89 - Tiger: But in a sieve I'll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do.
Página 441 - ... to found a college of learned women, in which she would preside, that by conversing with the old, and educating the young, she might divide her time between the acquisition and communication of wisdom, and raise up for the next age models of prudence, and patterns of piety.
Página 415 - I have possessed for five years the regulation of the weather, and the distribution of the seasons ; the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab.