Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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... brought the news of the death of king Polybius , who was thought to be his fa ther ; and to remove fome fears which he had upon account of his fuppofed de- filing his father's bed , he tells him , that the king and queen of Corinth were ...
... brought the news of the death of king Polybius , who was thought to be his fa ther ; and to remove fome fears which he had upon account of his fuppofed de- filing his father's bed , he tells him , that the king and queen of Corinth were ...
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... Shakespear's piece . The ca- tastrophe was at firft brought about thus : In the beginning of the fifth act , Romeo is introduced in Mantua , in expectation of news from F 3 is ( 69 ) for the unfortunate Romeo be fufpended ...
... Shakespear's piece . The ca- tastrophe was at firft brought about thus : In the beginning of the fifth act , Romeo is introduced in Mantua , in expectation of news from F 3 is ( 69 ) for the unfortunate Romeo be fufpended ...
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... I've not time to tell- -- Fate brought me to this place to take a laft , Laft farewel of my love , and with thee die . At last his raving , and dying with the words . Oh t Oh ! Juliet ! Juliet ! is affecting to the ( 74 )
... I've not time to tell- -- Fate brought me to this place to take a laft , Laft farewel of my love , and with thee die . At last his raving , and dying with the words . Oh t Oh ! Juliet ! Juliet ! is affecting to the ( 74 )
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... degree , far more than Othello . The catastrophe is brought about fo diftinctly , and with fo much art and nobleness as finely fuits that fufpence VOL . III . which H which fixes the attention to one point . The characters ( 97 )
... degree , far more than Othello . The catastrophe is brought about fo diftinctly , and with fo much art and nobleness as finely fuits that fufpence VOL . III . which H which fixes the attention to one point . The characters ( 97 )
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... brought him up as his fon , under the name of Arzaces : He proves a great captain , and commands 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 ...
... brought him up as his fon , under the name of Arzaces : He proves a great captain , and commands 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 ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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
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Página 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!
Página 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?
Página 135 - Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 135 - But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a...
Página 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.
Página 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...