Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Great Britain: Dramatists, Volume 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1837 |
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... rests on the capacity in which he served at court , prior to the reign of Elizabeth : then he was one of the gentlemen of the chapel royal , and master of the singing boys ; and his previous occupation had probably been a kindred one ...
... rests on the capacity in which he served at court , prior to the reign of Elizabeth : then he was one of the gentlemen of the chapel royal , and master of the singing boys ; and his previous occupation had probably been a kindred one ...
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... rests on the fact , that it is the first drama in our language written in It has , however , another and a higher one : blank verse . it is by far the best tragedy that appeared in English prior to its representation . The versification ...
... rests on the fact , that it is the first drama in our language written in It has , however , another and a higher one : blank verse . it is by far the best tragedy that appeared in English prior to its representation . The versification ...
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... rest , Octavia was undertaken by Thomas Nuce , and the Thebais by Thomas Newton . It must not , however , be under- stood that these are mere translations : in some instances they diverge considerably from the original . This is ...
... rest , Octavia was undertaken by Thomas Nuce , and the Thebais by Thomas Newton . It must not , however , be under- stood that these are mere translations : in some instances they diverge considerably from the original . This is ...
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... rest- was to adopt old pieces as the bases of their labours , to add or curtail , to condense or expand , as might seem best suited to the time . * on we can merely 9. At the rest of the more remarkable dramas written prior to ...
... rest- was to adopt old pieces as the bases of their labours , to add or curtail , to condense or expand , as might seem best suited to the time . * on we can merely 9. At the rest of the more remarkable dramas written prior to ...
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... rest . Yet , with all this cold , unim- passioned discourse , the drama will please . Its in- terest , however , is far inferior to that inspired by those which form our domestic tragedy . Of this class are , Arden of Feversham , which ...
... rest . Yet , with all this cold , unim- passioned discourse , the drama will please . Its in- terest , however , is far inferior to that inspired by those which form our domestic tragedy . Of this class are , Arden of Feversham , which ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 147 - 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 358 - The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea : the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun : The sea's a thief, whose liquid surge resolves The moon into salt tears : the earth's a thief, That feeds and breeds by a composture stolen From general excrement: each thing's a thief: The laws, your curb and whip, in their rough power Have uncheck'd theft.
Página 394 - Would he were fatter ! But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Página 101 - That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
Página 101 - No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am fled From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell : Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it ; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Página 125 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her.
Página 348 - In the name of God, Amen. I William Shakspeare, of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, gent, in perfect health and memory (God be praised), do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following: that is to say— First, I commend my soul into the hands of God my Creator, hoping, and assuredly believing, through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my body to the earth whereof it is made.
Página 254 - I am thy father's spirit ; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night ; And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.
Página 33 - Yes, trust them not ! for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his " Tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide," supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and, being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is, in his own conceit, the only Shake-scene in a country.
Página 85 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford. For this he was prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill usage, he made a ballad upon him.