The Spectator, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1911 |
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Page 52
... Tragedy appear with that Action , which is cap able of giving a Dignity to the forced Thoughts , cold Conceits , and unnatural Expressions of an Italian Opera , In the mean time , I have related this Combat of the Lion , to shew what ...
... Tragedy appear with that Action , which is cap able of giving a Dignity to the forced Thoughts , cold Conceits , and unnatural Expressions of an Italian Opera , In the mean time , I have related this Combat of the Lion , to shew what ...
Page 71
... Tragedy ? day , Musick is certainly a very agreeable Entertainment , but 1711 if it would take the entire Possession of our Ears , if it would make us incapable of hearing Sense , if it would exclude Arts that have a much greater ...
... Tragedy ? day , Musick is certainly a very agreeable Entertainment , but 1711 if it would take the entire Possession of our Ears , if it would make us incapable of hearing Sense , if it would exclude Arts that have a much greater ...
Page 106
... Tone or Accent , I do not mean the Pronunciation of each particular Word , but the Sound of the whole Sentence . Thus it is very common for an English English Gentleman , when he hears a French Tragedy , 106 SPECTATOR THE.
... Tone or Accent , I do not mean the Pronunciation of each particular Word , but the Sound of the whole Sentence . Thus it is very common for an English English Gentleman , when he hears a French Tragedy , 106 SPECTATOR THE.
Page 107
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. English Gentleman , when he hears a French Tragedy , No. 29 , to complain that the Actors all of them speak in a Tuesday , Tone ; and therefore he very wisely prefers his own April 3 , Country - men ...
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele. English Gentleman , when he hears a French Tragedy , No. 29 , to complain that the Actors all of them speak in a Tuesday , Tone ; and therefore he very wisely prefers his own April 3 , Country - men ...
Page 143
... Tragedy is the noblest Production of one of the most delightful and most improving Entertain ments . A virtuous Man ( says Seneca ) strugling with Misfortunes , is such a Spectacle as Gods might look upon with Pleasure : And such a ...
... Tragedy is the noblest Production of one of the most delightful and most improving Entertain ments . A virtuous Man ( says Seneca ) strugling with Misfortunes , is such a Spectacle as Gods might look upon with Pleasure : And such a ...
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