Selected Dramas of John Dryden: With The RehearsalScott, Foresman, 1910 - 504 страници |
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... passages they generally transform I'm , ' tis and similar forms into I am , it is , and the like ; in verse they usually dis- regard such elisions as th ' army , th ' unfortunate . In all such cases the present edition , making the ...
... passages they generally transform I'm , ' tis and similar forms into I am , it is , and the like ; in verse they usually dis- regard such elisions as th ' army , th ' unfortunate . In all such cases the present edition , making the ...
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... passages in them , and by the strained , artificial tone of the sentiment pervading them , distinctly fore- shadow the heroic manner . But it is only in his Siege of Rhodes that we find the real beginning of the English heroic play ...
... passages in them , and by the strained , artificial tone of the sentiment pervading them , distinctly fore- shadow the heroic manner . But it is only in his Siege of Rhodes that we find the real beginning of the English heroic play ...
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... passage : " The Black Prince was the first play which my Lord of Orrery brought upon the stage ; and , in a letter to one of his friends , he mentions it in these words . " The preface proceeds to state that " The Black Prince was acted ...
... passage : " The Black Prince was the first play which my Lord of Orrery brought upon the stage ; and , in a letter to one of his friends , he mentions it in these words . " The preface proceeds to state that " The Black Prince was acted ...
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... passage quoted below from the dedication of Aureng - Zebe , p . xli , note 1 , and also Defense of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy , Ss . ii . 297 , 298 . ( Dryden is cited by the Scott - Saintsbury edition , but the spelling of quotations ...
... passage quoted below from the dedication of Aureng - Zebe , p . xli , note 1 , and also Defense of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy , Ss . ii . 297 , 298 . ( Dryden is cited by the Scott - Saintsbury edition , but the spelling of quotations ...
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... passages of true poetry , such as the song inserted in the third act of Fart 1 , the farewell address of Almanzor to Lyndarasa at the close of the third act of Part 2 , and Almanzor's soliloquy at the opening of the fifth act of the ...
... passages of true poetry , such as the song inserted in the third act of Fart 1 , the farewell address of Almanzor to Lyndarasa at the close of the third act of Part 2 , and Almanzor's soliloquy at the opening of the fifth act of the ...
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Страница 458 - Never ; he will not : Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety : other women cloy The appetites they feed : but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies : for vilest things Become themselves in her; that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.
Страница 237 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Страница xxiii - A tragi-comedy is not so called in respect of mirth and killing, but in respect it wants deaths, which is enough to make it no tragedy, yet brings some near to it, which is enough to make it no comedy...
Страница 444 - He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again ; — Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff : — and still he smil'd and talk'd . And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by.
Страница 248 - They said they would not fight for Cleopatra. Why should they fight indeed, to make her conquer, And make you more a slave ? to gain you kingdoms, Which, for a kiss, at your next midnight feast, You'll sell to her?
Страница 294 - O hold ! she is not fled. ANT. She is: my eyes Are open to her falsehood; my whole life Has been a golden dream of love and friendship; But, now I wake, I'm like a merchant, roused From soft repose, to see his vessel sinking, And all his wealth cast over.
Страница 277 - Can I do this? Ah, no, my love's so true, That I can neither hide it where it is, Nor show it where it is not. Nature meant me A wife; a silly, harmless, household dove, Fond without art, and kind without deceit...
Страница 271 - Go to him, children, go; Kneel to him, take him by the hand, speak to him ; For you may speak, and he may own you too, Without a blush; and so he cannot all His children: go, I say, and pull him to me, And pull him to yourselves, from that bad woman.
Страница 449 - Melantha is as finished an impertinent as ever fluttered in a drawing-room, and seems to contain the most complete system of female foppery, that could possibly be crowded into the tortured form of a fine lady. Her language, dress, motion, manners, soul, and body, are in a continual hurry to be something more than is necessary or commendable. And though I doubt it will be a vain labour, to offer you a just likeness of Mrs.
Страница 284 - O, wheel you there ? Observe him now ; the Man begins to mend, And talk substantial reason. Fear not, Eunuch, The Emperor has giv'n thee leave to speak. Alex. Else had I never dar'd t...