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Page 20
No , no , says the other , they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to
fly about the stage : This strange dialogue awakened my curiosity fo far , that I
immediately bought the opera , by which means I perceived that the sparrows
were ...
No , no , says the other , they are to enter towards the end of the first act , and to
fly about the stage : This strange dialogue awakened my curiosity fo far , that I
immediately bought the opera , by which means I perceived that the sparrows
were ...
Page 51
faw him leap upon the stage , and act his part with very great applause . It has
been observed by several , that the lion has changed his manner of acting twice
or thrice fince his first appearance ; which will not seein strange , when I acquaint
...
faw him leap upon the stage , and act his part with very great applause . It has
been observed by several , that the lion has changed his manner of acting twice
or thrice fince his first appearance ; which will not seein strange , when I acquaint
...
Page 160
Let us then observe with what thunder - claps of applause he leaves the stage ,
after the impieties and execrations at the end of the fourth act ; and you will
wonder to see an audience so cursed and so pleased at the same time ; O that as
oft I ...
Let us then observe with what thunder - claps of applause he leaves the stage ,
after the impieties and execrations at the end of the fourth act ; and you will
wonder to see an audience so cursed and so pleased at the same time ; O that as
oft I ...
Page 165
What shook the stage , and made the people stare ? Cato's long wig , flow'r'd
gown , and ... When the author has a mind to terrify us , it thunders ; when he
would make us melancholy , the stage is darkened . But among all our tragic
artifices , I ...
What shook the stage , and made the people stare ? Cato's long wig , flow'r'd
gown , and ... When the author has a mind to terrify us , it thunders ; when he
would make us melancholy , the stage is darkened . But among all our tragic
artifices , I ...
Page 167
This artifice for moving pity , seems as illcontrived as that we have been speaking
of to inspire us with a great idea of the persons introduced upon the stage . In
short , I would have our conceptions raised by the dignity of thought and sublimity
...
This artifice for moving pity , seems as illcontrived as that we have been speaking
of to inspire us with a great idea of the persons introduced upon the stage . In
short , I would have our conceptions raised by the dignity of thought and sublimity
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Spectator, Volume 1 The Spectator, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Published | 1793 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2012 |
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