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Pagina 51
Could they make the same use of their arms and legs , and inform their faces with as significant looks and passions , how glorious would an English tragedy appear with that action , which is capable of giving a dignity to the forced ...
Could they make the same use of their arms and legs , and inform their faces with as significant looks and passions , how glorious would an English tragedy appear with that action , which is capable of giving a dignity to the forced ...
Pagina 69
... it was possible ( at a time when an author lived that was able to write the PHÆDRA and HIPPOLITUS ) for a people to be so stupidly fond of the Italian opera , -as scarce to give a third day's hearing to that admirable tragedy ?
... it was possible ( at a time when an author lived that was able to write the PHÆDRA and HIPPOLITUS ) for a people to be so stupidly fond of the Italian opera , -as scarce to give a third day's hearing to that admirable tragedy ?
Pagina 105
Thus it is very common for an English gentleman , when he hears a French tragedy , to complain that the actors all of them speak in a tone ; and therefore he very wisely prefers his own countrymen , not considering that a foreigner ...
Thus it is very common for an English gentleman , when he hears a French tragedy , to complain that the actors all of them speak in a tone ; and therefore he very wisely prefers his own countrymen , not considering that a foreigner ...
Pagina 141
ON TRAGEDY . a As a perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature , so it is capable of giving the mind one of the most delightful and most - improving entertainments . a . A virtuous man , says Seneca , struggling NO . 39 .
ON TRAGEDY . a As a perfect tragedy is the noblest production of human nature , so it is capable of giving the mind one of the most delightful and most - improving entertainments . a . A virtuous man , says Seneca , struggling NO . 39 .
Pagina 142
A virtuous man , says Seneca , struggling with misfortunes , is such a spectacle as gods might look upon with pleasure ; and such a pleasure it is which one meets with in the representation of a well - written tragedy .
A virtuous man , says Seneca , struggling with misfortunes , is such a spectacle as gods might look upon with pleasure ; and such a pleasure it is which one meets with in the representation of a well - written tragedy .
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Spectator, Volume 1 The Spectator |
| Uitgever | J. Duncan, 1791 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | The British Library |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 23 juli 2019 |
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