A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne, Volume 2Macmillan and Company, 1875 - English drama |
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... allowed , too much of what King Henry humorously calls ( in Savoy ) wit of the true Pierian spring That can make any thing of any thing ' . ' And the author appears too anxious to introduce illustra- tions of his own learning , which is ...
... allowed , too much of what King Henry humorously calls ( in Savoy ) wit of the true Pierian spring That can make any thing of any thing ' . ' And the author appears too anxious to introduce illustra- tions of his own learning , which is ...
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... allowed to have possessed a real though not a very fertile vein . But the strength of Chapman lies in particular passages rather than in his plays as a whole . With the exception of Shakspere ( always except Plato , ' says the Duke of ...
... allowed to have possessed a real though not a very fertile vein . But the strength of Chapman lies in particular passages rather than in his plays as a whole . With the exception of Shakspere ( always except Plato , ' says the Duke of ...
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... allowed the virtuous as well as the vicious son of Fortunatus to come to grief . Among the minor characters may be noticed the honest serving - man Shadow , who is the clown of the piece1 , and the ' frantic lover ' Orleans , the ...
... allowed the virtuous as well as the vicious son of Fortunatus to come to grief . Among the minor characters may be noticed the honest serving - man Shadow , who is the clown of the piece1 , and the ' frantic lover ' Orleans , the ...
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... allowed to the chosen champion of a clique who , though a Dunciad had been launched against them , were in the Satiromastix by no means represented by a dunce . Dekker was in too great a hurry , or his inventive powers were too unequal ...
... allowed to the chosen champion of a clique who , though a Dunciad had been launched against them , were in the Satiromastix by no means represented by a dunce . Dekker was in too great a hurry , or his inventive powers were too unequal ...
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... allowed that the lesson is brought home not only with the utmost directness of speech , but also with unmistakeable honesty of purpose . But the plots of both Parts are rudely constructed ; the parallel scenes of the Bedlam in Part I ...
... allowed that the lesson is brought home not only with the utmost directness of speech , but also with unmistakeable honesty of purpose . But the plots of both Parts are rudely constructed ; the parallel scenes of the Bedlam in Part I ...
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Page 300 - CALANTHA'S DIRGE. [ From the Broken Heart. ] Glories, pleasures, pomps, delights and ease. Can but please Outward senses, when the mind Is untroubled, or by peace refined. Crowns may flourish and decay, Beauties shine, but fade away. Youth may revel, yet it must Lie down in a bed of dust.
Page 77 - Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended from any parent. They are foul Anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy musiC. This is all we know of them. Except Hecate, they have no names ; which heightens their mysteriousness.
Page 229 - Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy...
Page 590 - To mind the inside of a book is to entertain one's self with the forced product of another man's brain. Now I think a man of quality and breeding may be much amused with the natural sprouts of his own.
Page 203 - All, all of a piece throughout ; Thy chase had a beast in view : Thy wars brought nothing about ; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.
Page 161 - Beaumont and Fletcher, of whom I am next to speak, had, with the advantage of Shakespeare's wit, which was their precedent, great natural gifts improved by study; Beaumont especially being so accurate a judge of plays that Ben Jonson, while he lived, submitted all his writings to his censure, and, 'tis thought, used his judgment in correcting, if not contriving all his plots.
Page 182 - ... scene, before he went off the stage : and then after to come forth a squire, and be made a knight : and that knight to travel between the acts, and do wonders...
Page 588 - This reflection moved me to design some characters which should appear ridiculous not so much through a natural folly (which is incorrigible, and therefore not proper for the stage) as through an affected wit : a wit which, at the same time that it is affected, is also false.
Page 76 - Those originate deeds of blood, and begin bad impulses to men. From the moment that their eyes first meet with Macbeth's, he is spell-bound. That meeting sways his destiny. He can never break the fascination. These witches can hurt the body, those have power over the soul. Hecate in Middleton has a son, a low buffoon : the hags of Shakspeare have neither child of their own, nor seem to be descended from any parent. They are foul anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether they...
Page 172 - Understand, therefore, a pastoral to be a representation of shepherds and shepherdesses with their actions and passions, which must be such as may agree with their natures, at least not exceeding former fictions and vulgar traditions...