The British Essayists: ObserverJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... drama- tist , are no better than an actor's wardrobe , " the paltry tinsel that enables him to glitter for a few minutes in a counterfeited character- 66 To fret and strut his hour upon the stage , And then be heard no more . In another ...
... drama- tist , are no better than an actor's wardrobe , " the paltry tinsel that enables him to glitter for a few minutes in a counterfeited character- 66 To fret and strut his hour upon the stage , And then be heard no more . In another ...
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... drama , will be found a powerful speaker in soliloquy . If I could believe that any man in these times had seriously and deliberately reasoned himself into an absolute contempt of things sacred , I should expect that such a being should ...
... drama , will be found a powerful speaker in soliloquy . If I could believe that any man in these times had seriously and deliberately reasoned himself into an absolute contempt of things sacred , I should expect that such a being should ...
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... dramatic poet , hath bequeathed us the following part of a dialogue : - " Take heart : be patient ! God will not fail to help the good , and especially those who are as ex- cellent as yourself : where would be the encourage- ment to ...
... dramatic poet , hath bequeathed us the following part of a dialogue : - " Take heart : be patient ! God will not fail to help the good , and especially those who are as ex- cellent as yourself : where would be the encourage- ment to ...
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... drama , and the drama for us . in A new poet now comes upon the stage ; he stands person before us : he no longer appears as a blind and wandering bard , chanting his rhapsodies to a throng of villagers collected in a group about him ...
... drama , and the drama for us . in A new poet now comes upon the stage ; he stands person before us : he no longer appears as a blind and wandering bard , chanting his rhapsodies to a throng of villagers collected in a group about him ...
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... dramatic poets Eschylus , Sophocles , and principally Euripides , have had the greatest share of his attention ; Aristophanes , Me- nander , and other comic authors , Callimachus and some of the lyric writers also may be traced in his ...
... dramatic poets Eschylus , Sophocles , and principally Euripides , have had the greatest share of his attention ; Aristophanes , Me- nander , and other comic authors , Callimachus and some of the lyric writers also may be traced in his ...
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Page 111 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good: if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am thane of Cawdor: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature?
Page 116 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Page 222 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 86 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 149 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 92 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 121 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it, then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Page 126 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 77 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Page 91 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.