Free Thoughts Upon Methodists, Actors, and the Influence of the Stage: With an Introductory Letter to Mrs.----, of -----Castle, Glamorganshire, Upon the Origin of the Drama, &c. &c. &cAuthor and J. Craggs, 1814 - 206 страници |
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... genius , in not possessing taste or powers to produce a composition , cal- culated to display the high sense I enter- tain of your worth and excellence , by an open avowal of your name , which would at once gratify the wish of my heart ...
... genius , in not possessing taste or powers to produce a composition , cal- culated to display the high sense I enter- tain of your worth and excellence , by an open avowal of your name , which would at once gratify the wish of my heart ...
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... genius and temper of the boors and villagers that were the performers . Tragedy and comedy were not then considered separate provinces in poetry , but either name indifferently sig- nified the same thing ; the first being taken from the ...
... genius and temper of the boors and villagers that were the performers . Tragedy and comedy were not then considered separate provinces in poetry , but either name indifferently sig- nified the same thing ; the first being taken from the ...
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... finished tragedy to be the most exalted effort of human genius ! -We must leave it to our judges , whether they will receive as honest evidence , an insulated passage in contradiction to a work , that must have employed 32.
... finished tragedy to be the most exalted effort of human genius ! -We must leave it to our judges , whether they will receive as honest evidence , an insulated passage in contradiction to a work , that must have employed 32.
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... genius of a Roman politician , and have cor- responded with the dignity of the Tusculan orator . - But if Lord Henry Petty , with all his passion for the art , and his musical celebrity into the bargain , were seriously to advance such ...
... genius of a Roman politician , and have cor- responded with the dignity of the Tusculan orator . - But if Lord Henry Petty , with all his passion for the art , and his musical celebrity into the bargain , were seriously to advance such ...
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... genius and splendid abilities . " But men are but men . " - And when I reflect upon the violent adversary of the amiable Fenelon , I am released from a great part of my astonishment , in perusing the following invective of the right ...
... genius and splendid abilities . " But men are but men . " - And when I reflect upon the violent adversary of the amiable Fenelon , I am released from a great part of my astonishment , in perusing the following invective of the right ...
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Страница 103 - Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them ; as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Страница 148 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Страница 190 - Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give, and it shall be given unto you : good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Страница 65 - Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel : for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Страница 201 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Страница 163 - But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Страница 201 - Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, And I have found thee.
Страница 56 - TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems ; therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated.
Страница 6 - About three in the morning, as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon us, insomuch that many cried out for exceeding joy, and many fell to the ground. As soon as we were recovered a little from that awe and amazement at the presence of his Majesty, we broke out with one voice, "We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
Страница 161 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.