Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse, Volume 2T. Cadel, 1787 |
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Pagina 60
... editor to be naturally indolent- and naturally indolent we believe him to be - we cannot help wondering at the number , vaftness , and excellence of his productions . A Dictionary of our language ; a feries of admirable effays in the ...
... editor to be naturally indolent- and naturally indolent we believe him to be - we cannot help wondering at the number , vaftness , and excellence of his productions . A Dictionary of our language ; a feries of admirable effays in the ...
Pagina 62
... editor proceeds in the following terms : " His adherence to general nature has expofed him to the Cenfure of Criticks , who form their judgments upon narrower principles . Dennis and Rhymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman ; and ...
... editor proceeds in the following terms : " His adherence to general nature has expofed him to the Cenfure of Criticks , who form their judgments upon narrower principles . Dennis and Rhymer think his Romans not fufficiently Roman ; and ...
Pagina 63
... editor then enters into a very fenfible and fpirited vindication of the mingled drama of Shake- fpeare , and the interchange of ferious and comick scenes in the fame play . His reflections on this fubject he closes in the following ...
... editor then enters into a very fenfible and fpirited vindication of the mingled drama of Shake- fpeare , and the interchange of ferious and comick scenes in the fame play . His reflections on this fubject he closes in the following ...
Pagina 69
... editor's notes , on the play of Henry the Fifth , appear to be worth your notice , you are welcome to publish them in your Chronicle . I had no particular reason for fingling out this play : but when my books , for which I had long ...
... editor's notes , on the play of Henry the Fifth , appear to be worth your notice , you are welcome to publish them in your Chronicle . I had no particular reason for fingling out this play : but when my books , for which I had long ...
Pagina 75
... editor of Shake- speare be confounded by an Elleipfis fo frequent in that author , and all other poets ? " The King muft die ere he take fhip for France , and must die in Southampton . " What can be clearer ? Befides , the arrangement ...
... editor of Shake- speare be confounded by an Elleipfis fo frequent in that author , and all other poets ? " The King muft die ere he take fhip for France , and must die in Southampton . " What can be clearer ? Befides , the arrangement ...
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Pagina 57 - Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirrour of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions: they...
Pagina 60 - In tragedy he is always struggling after some occasion to be comick, but in comedy he seems to repose, or to luxuriate, as in a mode of thinking congenial to his nature. In his tragick scenes there is always something wanting, but his comedy often surpasses expectation or desire. His comedy pleases by the thoughts and the language, and his tragedy for the greater part by incident and action. His tragedy seems to be skill, his comedy to be instinct.
Pagina 58 - In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.
Pagina 58 - His adherence to general nature has exposed him to the censure of criticks, who form their judgments upon narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not sufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire censures his kings as not completely royal.
Pagina 60 - ... his disposition, as Rhymer has remarked, led him to comedy. In tragedy he often writes with great appearance of toil and study, what is...
Pagina 60 - Brabantio's window, without injury to the scheme of the play, though in terms which a modern audience would not easily endure; the character of Polonius is seasonable and useful; and the Gravediggers themselves may be heard with applause.
Pagina 59 - He was inclined to show an usurper and a murderer not only odious but despicable; he therefore added drunkenness to his other qualities, knowing that kings love wine like other men, and that wine exerts its natural power upon kings. These are the petty cavils of petty minds; a poet overlooks the casual distinction of country and condition, as a painter, satisfied with the figure, neglects the drapery.
Pagina 117 - I muft know farther, or you have made good But half your Promife.— While my Love flood by» Holding her upright, and my Prefence was A Watch upon her, her Defires being met too With equal Ardour from me, what one Proof Could...
Pagina 183 - Some men there are love not a gaping pig; Some, that are mad if they behold a cat; And others, when the bagpipe sings i...
Pagina 244 - The variety is so great that it would require a volume; nor would that reach it. Each man's mind has some peculiarity, as well as his face, that distinguishes him from all others; and there are possibly scarce two children who can be conducted by exactly the same method.