Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
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第 29 頁
... appear ridiculous , that a critic , who makes no difficulty of fup- pofing candle - light to be fun - fhine , and fome painted canvaffes a palace or a prison , fhould hould affect fo much difficulty in ima- gining a latitude ( 29 )
... appear ridiculous , that a critic , who makes no difficulty of fup- pofing candle - light to be fun - fhine , and fome painted canvaffes a palace or a prison , fhould hould affect fo much difficulty in ima- gining a latitude ( 29 )
第 58 頁
... appear to them as mere fallies of the irregular fancy of an extravagant poet ; or elfe the perfon- ages of the piece cease to have the power of interefting them . They regard them no longer as men disturbed with paffion , but as perfons ...
... appear to them as mere fallies of the irregular fancy of an extravagant poet ; or elfe the perfon- ages of the piece cease to have the power of interefting them . They regard them no longer as men disturbed with paffion , but as perfons ...
第 61 頁
... appears on our stage with a decency , a truth , a delicacy , that is not to be found elsewhere ; the reason of it is , the French nation has made greater progress than any other in the knowlege of fociety . " Surely this affertion must ...
... appears on our stage with a decency , a truth , a delicacy , that is not to be found elsewhere ; the reason of it is , the French nation has made greater progress than any other in the knowlege of fociety . " Surely this affertion must ...
第 67 頁
ing a piece totally on love , and not letting it appear as the fecondary paffion , or as an episode . Every incident of the fable is grounded on love , which is very juftly painted throughout the piece . The ca- taftrophe of that noble ...
ing a piece totally on love , and not letting it appear as the fecondary paffion , or as an episode . Every incident of the fable is grounded on love , which is very juftly painted throughout the piece . The ca- taftrophe of that noble ...
第 68 頁
... appear to every body . The cha- racter of Paris is quite unneceffary in the drama * , and why muft our compaffion * Shakespear illuftrated , vol . i . p . 100 . for for the unfortunate Romeo be fufpended by the undeserved fate ( 68 )
... appear to every body . The cha- racter of Paris is quite unneceffary in the drama * , and why muft our compaffion * Shakespear illuftrated , vol . i . p . 100 . for for the unfortunate Romeo be fufpended by the undeserved fate ( 68 )
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第 134 頁 - 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!
第 185 頁 - 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?
第 135 頁 - Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name is woman A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she...
第 42 頁 - 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...
第 135 頁 - ... 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.
第 40 頁 - 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.
第 43 頁 - 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.
第 135 頁 - But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a...
第 85 頁 - 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.
第 96 頁 - 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...