The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Volume 21810 A drama is appended to each number of v. 1-2 |
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... writers . PLAUTUS and TERENCE who brought comedy to the highest per- fection it ever attained with the latter , were among the earliest wri- ters , the former having written for the stage during the life time of LIVIUS ANDRONICUS , and ...
... writers . PLAUTUS and TERENCE who brought comedy to the highest per- fection it ever attained with the latter , were among the earliest wri- ters , the former having written for the stage during the life time of LIVIUS ANDRONICUS , and ...
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... writers of modern times , English as well as French , have enriched their productions . It is related that he was at one time of his life reduced to such extreme poverty by commercial speculations , that in order to maintain himself he ...
... writers of modern times , English as well as French , have enriched their productions . It is related that he was at one time of his life reduced to such extreme poverty by commercial speculations , that in order to maintain himself he ...
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... writers in the characters he has portrayed , that the incidents of his plays are more varied and interesting , that his plots are more replete with truly comic intrigue and unexpect- ed business , and that his catastrophes are ...
... writers in the characters he has portrayed , that the incidents of his plays are more varied and interesting , that his plots are more replete with truly comic intrigue and unexpect- ed business , and that his catastrophes are ...
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... writer of that country , " imitates both Greece and Rome in regard to actors ; for while the French think of them as the Romans did , they live with them like the Grecians . " The English think of the actors generally as the Romans did ...
... writer of that country , " imitates both Greece and Rome in regard to actors ; for while the French think of them as the Romans did , they live with them like the Grecians . " The English think of the actors generally as the Romans did ...
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... writers leave little doubt of the actual superiority of Roscius in universal me- rit . Cicero originally laboured under natural defects which no- thing but the enthusiasm of genius could have enabled him to surmount ; but like ...
... writers leave little doubt of the actual superiority of Roscius in universal me- rit . Cicero originally laboured under natural defects which no- thing but the enthusiasm of genius could have enabled him to surmount ; but like ...
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Page 124 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 124 - Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound. Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, To lull the daughters of Necessity, And keep unsteady Nature to her law, And the low world in measured motion draw After the heavenly tune, which none can hear Of human mould with gross unpurged ear.
Page 411 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Page 58 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of link-ed sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony : That Orpheus...
Page 194 - No creature could be more grateful than my patient after his recovery ; a sentiment which he most significantly expressed, by licking my hand, first the back of it, then the palm, then every finger separately, then between all the fingers, as if anxious to leave no part of it unsaluted ; a ceremony which he never performed but once again upon a similar occasion.
Page 156 - S'OME ask'd me where the Rubies grew, And nothing I did say ; But with my finger pointed to The lips of Julia.
Page 237 - ... studied chords of some choice composer, sometimes the lute, or soft organ stop waiting on elegant voices either to religious, martial, or civil ditties; which if wise men and prophets be not extremely out," have a great power over dispositions and manners, to smooth and make them gentle from rustic harshness and distempered passions.
Page 128 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 166 - Shakespeare has no heroes; his scenes are occupied only by men, who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the same occasion: even where the agency is supernatural, the dialogue is level with life.
Page 194 - ... my knee. He was ill three days, during which time I nursed him, kept him apart from his fellows, that they might not molest him (for, like many other wild animals, they persecute one of their own species that is sick,) and by constant care, and trying him with a variety of herbs, restored him to perfect health. No creature...