Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer. RasselasNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... Comedy , translated from Brumoy - Page I · 61 General Conclufion to Brumoy's Greek Theatre Mifcellaneous Obfervations on the Tragedy of Macbeth 81 Adventurer , N ° 34 - N ° 41 N ° 45 N ° 50 N ° 53 - N ° 58 - N ° 62 - N ° 69 N ° 84 - N ...
... Comedy , translated from Brumoy - Page I · 61 General Conclufion to Brumoy's Greek Theatre Mifcellaneous Obfervations on the Tragedy of Macbeth 81 Adventurer , N ° 34 - N ° 41 N ° 45 N ° 50 N ° 53 - N ° 58 - N ° 62 - N ° 69 N ° 84 - N ...
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Samuel Johnson. Adventurer , N ° 126 - N ° 131 N ° 137 - N ° 138 - Hiftory of Raffelas , Prince of Abiffinia - 271 278 285 292 299 A DISSERTATION UPON THE GREEK COMEDY , Tranflated from BRUMOY CONTENTS .
Samuel Johnson. Adventurer , N ° 126 - N ° 131 N ° 137 - N ° 138 - Hiftory of Raffelas , Prince of Abiffinia - 271 278 285 292 299 A DISSERTATION UPON THE GREEK COMEDY , Tranflated from BRUMOY CONTENTS .
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... Comedy of the Birds , and that of Peace , by a young " Gentleman . The Comedy of the Frogs , by the learned and in- " genious Dr. Gregory Sharpe . The Dicourie upon the Cyclops , " by John Bourrya , Efq . The Cyclops , by Dr. Grainger ...
... Comedy of the Birds , and that of Peace , by a young " Gentleman . The Comedy of the Frogs , by the learned and in- " genious Dr. Gregory Sharpe . The Dicourie upon the Cyclops , " by John Bourrya , Efq . The Cyclops , by Dr. Grainger ...
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... comedy , both because the pieces which remain are very few , the licentioufnefs of Ariftophanes , their au- thor , is exorbitant , and it is very difficult to draw from the performances of a fingle poet , a juft idea of Greek comedy ...
... comedy , both because the pieces which remain are very few , the licentioufnefs of Ariftophanes , their au- thor , is exorbitant , and it is very difficult to draw from the performances of a fingle poet , a juft idea of Greek comedy ...
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againſt amufe anfwered Ariftophanes Baffa Banquo becauſe caufe cenfure comedy comick confequence confidered converfation defign defire delight difcovered eafily endeavoured eſcape Euripides faid Imlac faid the prince fame fatire fays fcarcely fcene fecurity feems feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle firft firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed furely genius happineſs happy himſelf honour hope imagine itſelf juft kayah laft leaſt lefs likewife lofe loft Macbeth mankind Menander mifery mind moft Moliere moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Nekayah never obfcure obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Pekuah phanes Plautus pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poet prefent princefs publick purpoſe racter Raffelas raiſe reafon refolved refpect reft ſhall Socrates ſtate taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy underſtand univerfal uſed whofe
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Seite 317 - But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Seite 329 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine not the individual but the species, to remark general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Seite 316 - Nile through all his passage; pass over to distant regions, and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other!
Seite 305 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Seite 389 - Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly!
Seite 95 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Seite 378 - ... after conformity of opinions, similarity of manners, rectitude of judgment, or purity of sentiment?
Seite 89 - Tiger: But in a sieve I'll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do.
Seite 441 - ... to found a college of learned women, in which she would preside, that by conversing with the old, and educating the young, she might divide her time between the acquisition and communication of wisdom, and raise up for the next age models of prudence, and patterns of piety.
Seite 415 - I have possessed for five years the regulation of the weather, and the distribution of the seasons ; the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab.