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Pagina 36
... piece of Don Francisco's precious logic and reasoning must close all we have , or rather wish to say , about this matter . It may be said , he observes , that it is quite unlikely , that if the author of Gil Blas had been a Spaniard ...
... piece of Don Francisco's precious logic and reasoning must close all we have , or rather wish to say , about this matter . It may be said , he observes , that it is quite unlikely , that if the author of Gil Blas had been a Spaniard ...
Pagina 41
... piece , nor indeed was Shakspeare's , till Rich revived it in 1736. It had not been peformed till that time for 120 years . In 1744 , Cibber produced his Papal Ty- ranny in the Reign of King John , which he says in his pre- face he has ...
... piece , nor indeed was Shakspeare's , till Rich revived it in 1736. It had not been peformed till that time for 120 years . In 1744 , Cibber produced his Papal Ty- ranny in the Reign of King John , which he says in his pre- face he has ...
Pagina 54
... piece . Mrs. St. Leger , the Venus mammosa of the company , had cause to rejoice , and the ghost of Mr. Egerton to sing Psalms . When we use Hamlet's language , and call it a poor ghost , we do not pretend , with our brother critics ...
... piece . Mrs. St. Leger , the Venus mammosa of the company , had cause to rejoice , and the ghost of Mr. Egerton to sing Psalms . When we use Hamlet's language , and call it a poor ghost , we do not pretend , with our brother critics ...
Pagina 62
... piece than a pretty European lady in India - to dress , look pretty , and get a husband . From these materials and characters , with several of inferior , or rather no note , Mr. Cobb has produced a comedy , which , or Horace lies ...
... piece than a pretty European lady in India - to dress , look pretty , and get a husband . From these materials and characters , with several of inferior , or rather no note , Mr. Cobb has produced a comedy , which , or Horace lies ...
Pagina 75
... piece representing the ANCIENT DRAMA is to the north of the portico , and that representing the MODERN DRAMA is to the south side , THE ANCIENT DRAMA . In the centre , three Greek poets are sitting ; the two looking to- wards the ...
... piece representing the ANCIENT DRAMA is to the north of the portico , and that representing the MODERN DRAMA is to the south side , THE ANCIENT DRAMA . In the centre , three Greek poets are sitting ; the two looking to- wards the ...
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Pagina 339 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Pagina 276 - Thee, bold Longinus! all the Nine inspire, And bless their critic with a poet's fire: An ardent judge, who, zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just; Whose own example strengthens all his laws; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Pagina 337 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Pagina 131 - I did consent; And often did beguile her of her tears, When I did speak of some distressful stroke That my youth suffer'd. My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs. She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful; She wish'd she had not heard it; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man.
Pagina 447 - O come, let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
Pagina 194 - I do not like thee, Dr. Fell. The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know and know full well I do not like thee, Dr. Fell.
Pagina 336 - tis slander; Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Pagina 428 - My authority for the opinions which I have declared concerning Mr Francis depends upon facts which have passed within my own certain knowledge. I judge of his public conduct by my experience of his private, which I have found to be void of truth and honour. This is a severe charge, but temperately and deliberately made, from the firm persuasion that I owe this justice to the public and...
Pagina 325 - But he is dead, and has left nothing in this world that resembles him.
Pagina 243 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.