A General View of the Stage: By Mr. WilkesJ. Coote; and W. Whetstone, Dublin, 1759 - 335 pages |
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... lively image of human nature , represent- " ing its paffions and humours , the changes of " fortune to which it is fubject , for the de- ( 6 light and inftruction of mankind . ” This is a jufton , and we are more obliged tom for it ...
... lively image of human nature , represent- " ing its paffions and humours , the changes of " fortune to which it is fubject , for the de- ( 6 light and inftruction of mankind . ” This is a jufton , and we are more obliged tom for it ...
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... lively picture of the human paffions : the first represents fubjects that are in themselves grand and above the common sphere ; the last lashes at the vanity of the general world , the elbowed crowd of mortals : here you laugh at the ...
... lively picture of the human paffions : the first represents fubjects that are in themselves grand and above the common sphere ; the last lashes at the vanity of the general world , the elbowed crowd of mortals : here you laugh at the ...
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... lively colouring of his ftile , the fentiment diffused through his matter , and the propriety of his manners . This is a whimsical fort of tenet ; but when Shake- speare is the subject , we may allow some peo- ple to be fingular , and ...
... lively colouring of his ftile , the fentiment diffused through his matter , and the propriety of his manners . This is a whimsical fort of tenet ; but when Shake- speare is the subject , we may allow some peo- ple to be fingular , and ...
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... lively , bold , furious , graceful , tender , or even plaintive , according to the exigence of the fituation ; and of this Arne is always particu- larly careful ; nor does Dr. Boyce seem to be lefs exact . I know not whether Handel's ...
... lively , bold , furious , graceful , tender , or even plaintive , according to the exigence of the fituation ; and of this Arne is always particu- larly careful ; nor does Dr. Boyce seem to be lefs exact . I know not whether Handel's ...
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... lively touches , than he whofe oppo- fite poverty of genius deviates from propor- tion and truth ; and I need not add , that it is far more noble to strike out a new original beauty of our own , than to be the clofeft copier of any ...
... lively touches , than he whofe oppo- fite poverty of genius deviates from propor- tion and truth ; and I need not add , that it is far more noble to strike out a new original beauty of our own , than to be the clofeft copier of any ...
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Page 133 - Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, — Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof; Or, by the worth of mine eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my wak'd wrath ! lago.
Page 164 - That I must die, it is my only comfort ; Death is the privilege of human nature, And life without it were not worth our taking: " Thither the poor, the pris'ner, and the mourner, \\* " Fly for relief, and lay their burthens down.
Page 126 - Alack, alack, is it not like that I So early waking, what with loathsome smells And shrieks like mandrakes...
Page 127 - Imparadised in one another's arms, The happier Eden, shall enjoy their fill Of bliss on bliss, while I to hell am thrust...
Page 226 - As for Maister Greene, all that I will speak of him (and that without flattery) is this (if I were worthy to censure) there was not an actor of his nature, in his time, of better ability in performance of what he undertook, more applauded by the audience, of greater grace at the court, or of more general love in the city.
Page 123 - ... .In Sophocles, when the unfortunate Deianira discovers her mistake in having sent a . poisoned vestment to her husband Hercules; her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable, and she answers not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would have put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
Page 121 - Away, stand off ! where is she ? let me fly, Save her from death, and snatch her to my heart. Aim. Oh! Alph. Forbear ; my arms alone shall hold her up, Warm her to life, and wake her into gladness.
Page 147 - Kneller recognised in him a superior artist. Sir Godfrey remarks that "he could only copy nature from the originals before him, but that Dogget could vary them at pleasure and yet keep a close likeness.
Page 164 - Thither the Poor, the Pris'ner, and the Mourner, Fly for Relief, and lay their Burthens down. Come then, and take me now to thy cold Arms, Thou meagre Shade ; here let me breathe my last...
Page 234 - I never see him coming down from one corner of the Stage with his old grey hair standing, as it were, erect upon his head, his face filled with horror and attention, his hands expanded, and his whole frame actuated by a dreadful solemnity but I am astounded and share in all his distresses. Nay, as Shakespeare in some different place, with elegance, observes upon another subject, one might interpret from the dumbness of his gesture.