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... moral tendency . The opera had a run of sixty - three nights , and became the rage of both town and country . Its success had also the effect of giving rise to the English opera , a species of light comedy continued by songs and music ...
... moral tendency . The opera had a run of sixty - three nights , and became the rage of both town and country . Its success had also the effect of giving rise to the English opera , a species of light comedy continued by songs and music ...
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... moral feelings and virtues . Dry- den expressly ascribes the licentiousness of the stage to the example of the king ; and if this be true , awful was the inheritance of vice which that monarch bequeathed to the English nation . In part ...
... moral feelings and virtues . Dry- den expressly ascribes the licentiousness of the stage to the example of the king ; and if this be true , awful was the inheritance of vice which that monarch bequeathed to the English nation . In part ...
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... moral feeling or pro- priety of conduct , his characters are equally objectionable , and his once fashionable plays may now be said to be ' quietly inurned ' in their own profligacy and corruption . MRS . APHRA BEHN , a contemporary of ...
... moral feeling or pro- priety of conduct , his characters are equally objectionable , and his once fashionable plays may now be said to be ' quietly inurned ' in their own profligacy and corruption . MRS . APHRA BEHN , a contemporary of ...
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... moral feelings or a sense of propriety , he let loose the reins of his imagination , till at length poverty and poetic enthusiasm transported him into madness . In November , 1684 , Lee was taken to a mad - house , where he remained for ...
... moral feelings or a sense of propriety , he let loose the reins of his imagination , till at length poverty and poetic enthusiasm transported him into madness . In November , 1684 , Lee was taken to a mad - house , where he remained for ...
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... moral purpose of sentiment . ' The Mourning Bride ' pos- sesses higher dramatic merit than most of the serious plays of that day . Though generally destitute of passion , yet it contains numerous poetical scenes and much poetical ...
... moral purpose of sentiment . ' The Mourning Bride ' pos- sesses higher dramatic merit than most of the serious plays of that day . Though generally destitute of passion , yet it contains numerous poetical scenes and much poetical ...
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Página 337 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Página 584 - If I were an American — as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms ; NEVER ! — NEVER ! — NEVER!
Página 337 - Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 417 - Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee.
Página 421 - Shoots into port at some well-havened isle, Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay, So thou, with sails how swift, hast reached the shore 'Where tempests never beat nor billows roar,' And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.
Página 420 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was. Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown : May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more...
Página 336 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 46 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the Sun, her Eyes the Gazers strike, And, like the Sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful Ease, and Sweetness void of Pride, Might hide her Faults, if Belles had Faults to hide : If to her share some Female Errors fall, Look on her Face, and you'll forget 'em all. This Nymph, to the Destruction of Mankind, Nourish'd two Locks which graceful hung behind In equal Curls, and well conspir'd to deck With shining Ringlets the smooth Iv'ry Neck.
Página 338 - For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say...
Página 415 - E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die.