The Port Folio, Том 3Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 |
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... French theatre , was kept free from profanation . The origin of theatrical amusements was probably the same in Eng- land and France . The wandering minstrels began , and the clergy , who were jealous of such large audiences , improved ...
... French theatre , was kept free from profanation . The origin of theatrical amusements was probably the same in Eng- land and France . The wandering minstrels began , and the clergy , who were jealous of such large audiences , improved ...
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... French poet ; but if a tragedy is to be considered as a production worthy in every sense of being presented to a refined , intelligent au- dience , the comparison is , I think , very much in favour of the latter nation . There is more ...
... French poet ; but if a tragedy is to be considered as a production worthy in every sense of being presented to a refined , intelligent au- dience , the comparison is , I think , very much in favour of the latter nation . There is more ...
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... French tragedy , there is sometimes , when the scene is laid in distant times and distant countries , an approximation to mo dern manners and to French customs which is absurd ; and as in their comedy there is always too much stress ...
... French tragedy , there is sometimes , when the scene is laid in distant times and distant countries , an approximation to mo dern manners and to French customs which is absurd ; and as in their comedy there is always too much stress ...
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... French comedies . Their writers were soon sensible of the absurdity of those surprising turns of fortune , those mis- takes by masks and disguises , so common in the Spanish plays , which drew off the attention of the audience from the ...
... French comedies . Their writers were soon sensible of the absurdity of those surprising turns of fortune , those mis- takes by masks and disguises , so common in the Spanish plays , which drew off the attention of the audience from the ...
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... French , as the letters of Junius are in England and America . His comedies , with much less regard to morality than the decency of the French stage admits , are as intricate , and as full of plot and counter- plot as the old English or ...
... French , as the letters of Junius are in England and America . His comedies , with much less regard to morality than the decency of the French stage admits , are as intricate , and as full of plot and counter- plot as the old English or ...
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Страница 387 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes!
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Страница 201 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Страница 390 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy...
Страница 388 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Страница 193 - Of all their regions; powers which only the control of Omnipotence restrains from laying creation waste, and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion. To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior, so far as human reason can examine them, or human imagination represent them, is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed.
Страница 341 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband. But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Страница 388 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And...
Страница 203 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...