 | 1815 - 558 pagini
...It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter; she must ahinc as a lover too. Tate has put his houk in the nostrils of this Leviathan, for Garrick and his followers, the show-men of Ihe scene, ta draw the mighty beast about more easily. A happy ending! — as if the living martyrdom... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pagini
...it must have love-scenes, and a happy ending. It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter, she mm shine as a lover too. Tate has put his hook in the...this Leviathan, for Garrick and his followers, the shewmen of the scene, to draw it about more easily. A happy ending !—as if the living mai'tyrdom... | |
 | 1833 - 1006 pagini
...felt in the spirit of religion. Charles Lamh, alluding to Tale's botchings, says well — " It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter, she must shine as a lover too." Where is her hushand ? He seems to have come with her across the Channel — but to have been recalled... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 552 pagini
...tamperings with it shew: it is too hard and stony: it must have love-scenes, and a happy ending. It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter, she must shine...this Leviathan, for Garrick and his followers, the shewmen of the scene, to draw it about more easily. A happy ending! — as if the living martyrdom... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pagini
...tamperings with it shew : it is too hard and stony : it must have love scenes, and a happy ending. It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter, she must shine...this Leviathan, for Garrick and his followers, the shewmen of the scene, to draw it about more easily. A happy ending ! — as if the living martyrdom... | |
 | John Iliff Wilson - 1821 - 348 pagini
...tamperings with it shew : it is too hard and stony; it must have love-scenes, and a happy ending. It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter, she must shine...the mighty beast about more easily. A happy ending 1—as if the living martyrdom that Lear had gone through,—the flaying of his feelings alive, did... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pagini
...tamperings with it show : it is too hard and stony ; it mast have love-scenes and a happy ending. It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter ; she must shine as a lover too. Tate has put his hook into the nostrils of this Leviathan, for Garrick and his followers, the showmen of the scene, to draw... | |
 | 1821 - 420 pagini
...tamperings with it show : it is too hard and stony ; it must have love-scenes and a happy ending. It is not enough that Cordelia is a daughter ; she must shine as a lover too. Tate has put his book into the nostrils of this Leviathan, for Garrick and his followers, the showmen of the scene,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1822 - 430 pagini
...she must shine as a lover too. Tate has put his hook into the nostrils of this Leviathan, for Can-irk and his followers, the showmen of the scene, to draw...the flaying of his feelings alive,— did not make a dismissal from the stage of life the only decorous thing for him. If he is to live and be happy after,... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 340 pagini
...not enough that Cordelia is a daughter ; she must shine as a lover too. Tate has put his hook into the nostrils of this Leviathan, for Garrick and his...flaying of his feelings alive,—- did not make a dismissal from the stage of life the only decorous thing for him. If he w to live and be happy after,... | |
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What gesture shall we appropriate to this ? What has the voice or the eye to do with such things ? But the play is beyond all art, as the tamperings with it show ; it is too hard and stony ; it must have love-scenes and a happy ending. It is not enough... 
