The British Essayists;: ObserverJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1807 - English essays |
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... dramatic ; and as some fastidious people have been inclined to treat our intelligencers and review- ers with a degree of neglect bordering upon con- tempt , I shall have pleasure in shewing that they have classical authority for all ...
... dramatic ; and as some fastidious people have been inclined to treat our intelligencers and review- ers with a degree of neglect bordering upon con- tempt , I shall have pleasure in shewing that they have classical authority for all ...
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... drama : he read his own plays better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor Henderson was yet born . P. Clodius , the fine gen- tleman and rake of the age , had the indecorum to press Laberius to come forward ...
... drama : he read his own plays better than any man then living could act them , for neither Garrick nor Henderson was yet born . P. Clodius , the fine gen- tleman and rake of the age , had the indecorum to press Laberius to come forward ...
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... drama , will be found a powerful speaker in soliloquy . If I could believe that any man in these times had se- riously and deliberately reasoned himself into an absolute contempt of things sacred , I should expect that such a being ...
... drama , will be found a powerful speaker in soliloquy . If I could believe that any man in these times had se- riously and deliberately reasoned himself into an absolute contempt of things sacred , I should expect that such a being ...
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... dramatic poet , hath bequeathed us the following part of a dialogue— Take heart ; be patient ! God will not fail to help the good , and especially those , who are as ex- cellent as yourself ; where would be the encourage- ment to ...
... dramatic poet , hath bequeathed us the following part of a dialogue— Take heart ; be patient ! God will not fail to help the good , and especially those , who are as ex- cellent as yourself ; where would be the encourage- ment to ...
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... drama , and the drama for us . A new poet now comes upon the stage ; he stands in person before us : he no longer appears as a blind and wandering bard , chaunting his rhapsodies to a throng of villagers collected in a group about him ...
... drama , and the drama for us . A new poet now comes upon the stage ; he stands in person before us : he no longer appears as a blind and wandering bard , chaunting his rhapsodies to a throng of villagers collected in a group about him ...
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Page 88 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
Page 157 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 94 - And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon : and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet.
Page 119 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good : — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 230 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 134 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...
Page 86 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Page 99 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Page 101 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; 52.
Page 125 - He's here in double trust; First, as I am his kinsman and his subject, Strong both against the deed; then, as his host, Who should against his murderer shut the door, Not bear the knife myself.