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Pagina xv
Yet some criterion must be established by which we may determine his merits , First , we must take into consideration what is proposed to be done by the means of dramatic imitation . Every species of poetry has its distinct offices .
Yet some criterion must be established by which we may determine his merits , First , we must take into consideration what is proposed to be done by the means of dramatic imitation . Every species of poetry has its distinct offices .
Pagina xvi
In the se views , then , our Author is to be examined :First , whether his fables answer the noblest end of sable , moral instruction ; next , whether his dramatic imitation has its proper dramatic excellence .
In the se views , then , our Author is to be examined :First , whether his fables answer the noblest end of sable , moral instruction ; next , whether his dramatic imitation has its proper dramatic excellence .
Pagina xxi
... the error of an untutored mind , which the example of judicious artists , and the admonitions of delicate connoisseurs had not taught , -- that only graceful nature and decent customs give proper subjects for imitation .
... the error of an untutored mind , which the example of judicious artists , and the admonitions of delicate connoisseurs had not taught , -- that only graceful nature and decent customs give proper subjects for imitation .
Pagina 3
The epic poem and the tragedy , says Aristotle , are purely imitations * ; but the dramatic is an imitation of the actions of men , by the means of action itself . The epic is also an imitation of the actions of men , but it imitates by ...
The epic poem and the tragedy , says Aristotle , are purely imitations * ; but the dramatic is an imitation of the actions of men , by the means of action itself . The epic is also an imitation of the actions of men , but it imitates by ...
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Homer was so sensible of the superior force and efficacy of the drainatic manner , that he often drops the narrative , to assume it ; and Aristotle says , that for having invented the dramatic imitation , and not on account of his other ...
Homer was so sensible of the superior force and efficacy of the drainatic manner , that he often drops the narrative , to assume it ; and Aristotle says , that for having invented the dramatic imitation , and not on account of his other ...
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Pagina 233 - Would he were fatter ! But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Pagina 240 - Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips, To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue — A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Pagina 175 - 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.
Pagina 242 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that, on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Pagina 228 - Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Pagina 246 - 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 150 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul ; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part ; And each particular hair to stand an end. Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Pagina 239 - 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!
Pagina 241 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones : So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you, Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus- is an honorable man ; So are they all, all honorable men) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
Pagina 242 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men; Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire ... |
| Auteur | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) |
| Bijdragers | Richard Priestley, Richard Lea (Bookseller), Harding and Wright |
| Uitgever | Harding and Wright, 1810 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 17 jan 2008 |
| Lengte | 296 pagina's |
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