An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets. With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 pagini |
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Pagina 56
... use of History , to teach Philosophy by Ex- ample , this fpecies of History must be al- lowed to be the best preceptor . The cata- ftrophe of thefe plays is not built on a vain and idle fable of the wrath of Juno , or of the revenge of ...
... use of History , to teach Philosophy by Ex- ample , this fpecies of History must be al- lowed to be the best preceptor . The cata- ftrophe of thefe plays is not built on a vain and idle fable of the wrath of Juno , or of the revenge of ...
Pagina 57
... use these public entertainments should be chiefly intended , know the battle of Shrewsbury to be a Fact : they are in- formed of what passed on the banks of the Severn ; all that happened on the shore of the Scamander has , to them ...
... use these public entertainments should be chiefly intended , know the battle of Shrewsbury to be a Fact : they are in- formed of what passed on the banks of the Severn ; all that happened on the shore of the Scamander has , to them ...
Pagina 63
... use of any of them . Those which we should have judged most barren , have brought forth noble produc- tions when cultivated by an able hand . . Even fairy land has produced the Sub- lime ; and the wild regions of Romance have fometimes ...
... use of any of them . Those which we should have judged most barren , have brought forth noble produc- tions when cultivated by an able hand . . Even fairy land has produced the Sub- lime ; and the wild regions of Romance have fometimes ...
Pagina 90
... uses the liberty , which Horace allows , to call a Deity to his affistance . This play opens by the king's declaring his intention to undertake the crufade , as foon as peace will allow him to do it . Westmorland in- forms him of the ...
... uses the liberty , which Horace allows , to call a Deity to his affistance . This play opens by the king's declaring his intention to undertake the crufade , as foon as peace will allow him to do it . Westmorland in- forms him of the ...
Pagina 161
... use in the grave . As this touches . the most abfurd and ridiculous foible in human nature , the increase of a greedy and folicitous defire of wealth , when the period of enjoyment of it becomes more precarious and short , the ...
... use in the grave . As this touches . the most abfurd and ridiculous foible in human nature , the increase of a greedy and folicitous defire of wealth , when the period of enjoyment of it becomes more precarious and short , the ...
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Pagina 268 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Pagina 194 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pagina 258 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Pagina 269 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend...
Pagina 265 - Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill; Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
Pagina 266 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Pagina 181 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of...
Pagina 211 - Are they inform'd of this? My breath and blood!— Fiery? the fiery duke?— Tell the hot duke, that— No, but not yet: — may be, he is not well: Infirmity doth still neglect all office, Whereto our health is bound; we are not ourselves, When nature, being oppress'd, commands the mind To suffer with the body: I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier...
Pagina 270 - I tell you that which you yourselves do know; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Pagina 262 - He only, in a general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!