Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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... heart in defiance of the under- standing . I do not mean by this to juf- tify our poet in all his exceffes . It must be confefs'd , that he has often carried the indulgence of his genius much too far but it is equally certain , that a ...
... heart in defiance of the under- standing . I do not mean by this to juf- tify our poet in all his exceffes . It must be confefs'd , that he has often carried the indulgence of his genius much too far but it is equally certain , that a ...
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... but in Racine all is fentimental ; he makes every character fpeak for the author , and is in this point truly fingular among all the dramatic writers of his na- tion . of 1 of the human heart never fpeak , but with ( 16 )
... but in Racine all is fentimental ; he makes every character fpeak for the author , and is in this point truly fingular among all the dramatic writers of his na- tion . of 1 of the human heart never fpeak , but with ( 16 )
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... heart of his hero , not contented that like Polix- enes he should observe a decency in fall- ing , he would not let him fall at all : for the fake of decency , he is fupported bolt upright after he is dead ; and continues as erect after ...
... heart of his hero , not contented that like Polix- enes he should observe a decency in fall- ing , he would not let him fall at all : for the fake of decency , he is fupported bolt upright after he is dead ; and continues as erect after ...
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... heart never felt ; all the information we can receive from others , being infufficient to give us a just and precife idea of the agitations of a heart over which they tyrannize . Secondly , our heart must have very little inclination ...
... heart never felt ; all the information we can receive from others , being infufficient to give us a just and precife idea of the agitations of a heart over which they tyrannize . Secondly , our heart must have very little inclination ...
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... heart , and even to havebeen fed with fome hopes of fuccefs . This is what renders the wooers of our French tragedies fo unlike the characters of men that are really in love * . " We fee here that this ingenious writer is of a different ...
... heart , and even to havebeen fed with fome hopes of fuccefs . This is what renders the wooers of our French tragedies fo unlike the characters of men that are really in love * . " We fee here that this ingenious writer is of a different ...
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...