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... respects as to treatment from its predecessor , to the success of which it doubtless owed its origin . The subjects of both these plays seem to be taken from Thuanus ' ( De Thou's ) Historiae sui temporis ; but the dramatist has dealt ...
... respects as to treatment from its predecessor , to the success of which it doubtless owed its origin . The subjects of both these plays seem to be taken from Thuanus ' ( De Thou's ) Historiae sui temporis ; but the dramatist has dealt ...
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... ( act i ) on the respect due to the Stage , when pursuing its true ends , should be noticed , though , as Clermont's interlocutor observes , it be only a ' virtuous digression . ' II The Con- spiracy and The Tra- gedy of Byron (
... ( act i ) on the respect due to the Stage , when pursuing its true ends , should be noticed , though , as Clermont's interlocutor observes , it be only a ' virtuous digression . ' II The Con- spiracy and The Tra- gedy of Byron (
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... respect , though there are indications of his hand in the frequent classical allusions and in the generally superior manner of the last act . The tragedy of Alphonsus is in any case a very indifferent piece of handiwork . Its subject is ...
... respect , though there are indications of his hand in the frequent classical allusions and in the generally superior manner of the last act . The tragedy of Alphonsus is in any case a very indifferent piece of handiwork . Its subject is ...
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... respects resembles one of the most humorous comic conceptions of the stage of the present generation , Mr. Sothern's Lord Dundreary . There are points in which the resemblance is ludicrously close . Thus above all Monsieur d'Olive's ...
... respects resembles one of the most humorous comic conceptions of the stage of the present generation , Mr. Sothern's Lord Dundreary . There are points in which the resemblance is ludicrously close . Thus above all Monsieur d'Olive's ...
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... respect due to ' the place , ' as well as those of Eudora's soi - disant ' reformed Tenant , ' the disreputable Arsace , and of the imbecile Governor , the very incarnation of an incom- petent magistrate ' ( ' the perfect draught of a ...
... respect due to ' the place , ' as well as those of Eudora's soi - disant ' reformed Tenant , ' the disreputable Arsace , and of the imbecile Governor , the very incarnation of an incom- petent magistrate ' ( ' the perfect draught of a ...
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Page 230 - 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 527 - O gracious God! how far have we Profaned thy heavenly gift of Poesy! Made prostitute and profligate the Muse, Debased to each obscene and impious use, Whose harmony was first ordained above, For tongues of angels and for hymns of love!
Page 204 - 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 78 - 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 77 - 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.