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... , by my opinion , the degrees of esteem which I think due to the authors of the Athenian Stage ; nor do I think that their reputation in the present time , ought ought to depend upon my mode of thinking or ex- 2 ADVERTISEMENT .
... , by my opinion , the degrees of esteem which I think due to the authors of the Athenian Stage ; nor do I think that their reputation in the present time , ought ought to depend upon my mode of thinking or ex- 2 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... present hour , without regard to futurity . But , though comedy has attained its end , and diverted the pit , for which it was written ; if it goes down to pofterity , it is in a new world , where it is no longer known ; it becomes ...
... present hour , without regard to futurity . But , though comedy has attained its end , and diverted the pit , for which it was written ; if it goes down to pofterity , it is in a new world , where it is no longer known ; it becomes ...
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... present the high theatres give it up to ftages of inferior rank ; but in Athens the comick theatre confidered parody as its principal ornament , for a reafon which is worth examining . The ancient comedy was not like ours , a remote and ...
... present the high theatres give it up to ftages of inferior rank ; but in Athens the comick theatre confidered parody as its principal ornament , for a reafon which is worth examining . The ancient comedy was not like ours , a remote and ...
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... present and real transaction : he gives the chorus * and interest in the scenes , contrives habits of dignity and theatrical decorations . In a word , he gives both to tragedy ; or , more properly , draws it from the bofom of the epick ...
... present and real transaction : he gives the chorus * and interest in the scenes , contrives habits of dignity and theatrical decorations . In a word , he gives both to tragedy ; or , more properly , draws it from the bofom of the epick ...
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... present horror from the time That now fuits with it . I believe every one that has attentively read this dreadful foliloquy is disappointed at the conclufion , which , if not wholly unintelligible , is , at least , obscure , nor can be ...
... present horror from the time That now fuits with it . I believe every one that has attentively read this dreadful foliloquy is disappointed at the conclufion , which , if not wholly unintelligible , is , at least , obscure , nor can be ...
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againſt almoſt anſwered Ariftophanes Banquo becauſe cauſe cenfure comedy comick confequence confidered converfation defign defire delight died hereafter difcovered eafily endeavoured equally faid Imlac faid the prince fame fatire fays fecurity feems fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhould fide fince fingle firft firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon ftand ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofe furely genius happineſs happy himſelf honour hope houſe imagine increaſe itſelf juft laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife loft Macbeth mankind Menander mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obfcure obferved occafion ourſelves paffage paffed paffions Pekuah Plautus pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poet praiſe prefent princefs publick purpoſe queftion racter Raffelas raiſe reafon refolved reft ſcarcely ſcheme ſhall Socrates ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Tibullus tion tragedy underſtand univerfal uſe whofe
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Seite 100 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Seite 411 - ... 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. The winds alone, of all the elemental powers, have hitherto refused my authority, and multitudes have perished by equinoctial tempests which I found myself unable to prohibit or restrain.
Seite 116 - It will have blood ; they say, blood will have blood : Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak ; Augurs, and understood relations, have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks, brought forth The secret'st man of blood.
Seite 107 - Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them ; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings...
Seite 302 - The intermediate hours are tedious and gloomy ; I long again to be hungry, that I may again quicken my attention. The birds peck the berries or the corn, and fly away to the groves, where they sit in seeming happiness on the branches, and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds.
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 326 - I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace.
Seite 315 - 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 311 - ... powers, who had contrived many engines both of use and recreation. By a wheel, which the stream turned, he forced the water into a tower, whence it was distributed to all the apartments of the palace. He erected a pavilion in the garden, around which he kept the air always cool by artificial showers.
Seite 436 - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.