The Old English DramatistsHoughton, Mifflin, 1892 - 132 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... , one of the prime qualities of genius , and this novelty the habitual phrase of the Elizabeth- ans has for us without any merit of theirs . But I think , making all due abatements , that they had 16 THE OLD ENGLISH DRAMATIST'S.
... , one of the prime qualities of genius , and this novelty the habitual phrase of the Elizabeth- ans has for us without any merit of theirs . But I think , making all due abatements , that they had 16 THE OLD ENGLISH DRAMATIST'S.
Pagina 23
... qualities better than itself ; and it is worth noting that the modern English poet who seems least to have re- garded it , is also the one who has most powerfully moved , swayed , and delighted those who are wise enough to read him ...
... qualities better than itself ; and it is worth noting that the modern English poet who seems least to have re- garded it , is also the one who has most powerfully moved , swayed , and delighted those who are wise enough to read him ...
Pagina 26
... qualities , for their gleams of imagination , for their quaint and subtle fancies , for their tender sentiment , and for their charm of diction that these old playwrights are worth read- ing . They are the best comment also to convince ...
... qualities , for their gleams of imagination , for their quaint and subtle fancies , for their tender sentiment , and for their charm of diction that these old playwrights are worth read- ing . They are the best comment also to convince ...
Pagina 28
... qualities which have won for him the name of the poet's poet , but they are rare and fugitive , and certainly never would have warranted the prediction of such poetry as was to follow . There is nothing here to indicate that a great ...
... qualities which have won for him the name of the poet's poet , but they are rare and fugitive , and certainly never would have warranted the prediction of such poetry as was to follow . There is nothing here to indicate that a great ...
Pagina 54
... qualities that go to the making of a great poet ; and his poetic instinct , when he had time to give himself wholly over to its guidance , was unerring . I say when he had time enough , for he , too , like his fellows , was forced to ...
... qualities that go to the making of a great poet ; and his poetic instinct , when he had time to give himself wholly over to its guidance , was unerring . I say when he had time enough , for he , too , like his fellows , was forced to ...
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Pagina 15 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Pagina 37 - Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspired their hearts, Their minds, and muses on admired themes ; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can...
Pagina 51 - I'll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down? See, see where Christ's blood streams in the firmament! One drop would save my soul, half a drop, ah, my Christ!
Pagina 40 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted.
Pagina 50 - I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates; I'll have them read me strange philosophy And tell the secrets of all foreign kings...
Pagina 49 - All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command : emperors and kings Are but obeyed in their several provinces, Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds ; But his dominion that exceeds in this Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man, A sound magician is a mighty god : Here, Faustus, tire thy brains to gain a deity.
Pagina 130 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Pagina 51 - WAS this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss. Her lips suck forth my soul ; see where it flies ! — Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Pagina 52 - Oh, no end is limited to damned souls ! Why wert thou not a creature wanting soul? Or why is this immortal that thou hast ? Ah, Pythagoras...
Pagina 113 - Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse: Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.