An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 pages |
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... racter . But it must be acknowledged , that , when this objection is obviated there will yet remain another caufe of cenfure ; for though our author , from want of delicacy or from a defire to please the popular taste , thought he had ...
... racter . But it must be acknowledged , that , when this objection is obviated there will yet remain another caufe of cenfure ; for though our author , from want of delicacy or from a defire to please the popular taste , thought he had ...
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... racter naturally fufceptible of those defires that were to be communicated to it ; to render it interesting to the fpectator by some amiable qualities ; to make it exemplify the dangers of ambition , and the terrors of remorse ; was all ...
... racter naturally fufceptible of those defires that were to be communicated to it ; to render it interesting to the fpectator by some amiable qualities ; to make it exemplify the dangers of ambition , and the terrors of remorse ; was all ...
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... racter as ingratitude . This lady , however odious fhe appears to the fpectator , is made to engage Cinna her lover , who is a nephew of the great Pompey , in a confpiracy against Auguftus . Shakespear moft judiciously laboured to fhew ...
... racter as ingratitude . This lady , however odious fhe appears to the fpectator , is made to engage Cinna her lover , who is a nephew of the great Pompey , in a confpiracy against Auguftus . Shakespear moft judiciously laboured to fhew ...
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... and imitations which please at the time , are loft to pofterity , unless they point at tranfactions and perfons of the first conse- quence . quence . Whether we approve fuch a cha- racter on 256 Upon the Death of JULIUS Cæsar .
... and imitations which please at the time , are loft to pofterity , unless they point at tranfactions and perfons of the first conse- quence . quence . Whether we approve fuch a cha- racter on 256 Upon the Death of JULIUS Cæsar .
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... racter on the stage or not , we must allow his narration reprefents the defigns of Cæfar's party , and the averfion of the Roman peo- ple to that royalty to which he aspired ; and it was right to avoid engaging the parties in more deep ...
... racter on the stage or not , we must allow his narration reprefents the defigns of Cæfar's party , and the averfion of the Roman peo- ple to that royalty to which he aspired ; and it was right to avoid engaging the parties in more deep ...
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Page 265 - Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition ? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am, to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause : What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him? — O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason ! — Bear with me ; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Page 250 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 269 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 181 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of...
Page 214 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 180 - Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, }Never to hope again.
Page 269 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend...
Page 265 - Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man.
Page 264 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 78 - LEAR. Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now.