Dramatic Micellanies [sic]: Consisting of Critical Observations on Several Plays of Shakspeare: with a Review of His Principal Characters, and Those of Various Eminent Writers, as Represented by Mr. Garrick, and Other Celebrated Comedians. ... By Thomas Davies, ... In Three Volumes. ...author, and sold at his shop, 1783 - 2 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page 6
... of mirth from the fituations in which they are placed . Parolles and Lafeu are admirable contrafts , from the collifion of of whofe humours perpetual laughter is produced . Helen's scheme 6 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES . dom. ...
... of mirth from the fituations in which they are placed . Parolles and Lafeu are admirable contrafts , from the collifion of of whofe humours perpetual laughter is produced . Helen's scheme 6 DRAMATIC MISCELLANIES . dom. ...
Page 10
... admirable in the clowns of Shakspeare . Berry's Lafeu was the true portrait of a choleric old man and a hu- mourist . Milward was , in the King , af- fecting ; and Delane , in the fame part , refpectable . Under the direction of Mr ...
... admirable in the clowns of Shakspeare . Berry's Lafeu was the true portrait of a choleric old man and a hu- mourist . Milward was , in the King , af- fecting ; and Delane , in the fame part , refpectable . Under the direction of Mr ...
Page 29
... admirable to the laft .--- Time and Dr. Johnson .--- Helen's ring .--- Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex . -10 Act . II . Scene I. King and Lafeu . LAFE U. Pardon , my lord , for me and for my tidings . KING . I'll fee thee to ftand ...
... admirable to the laft .--- Time and Dr. Johnson .--- Helen's ring .--- Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex . -10 Act . II . Scene I. King and Lafeu . LAFE U. Pardon , my lord , for me and for my tidings . KING . I'll fee thee to ftand ...
Page 54
... admirably acted by Ben Jonfon the comedian . Mafter Stephen is an ho- neter object of ridicule than mafter Slen- der . One is nature's oaf , confequently rather an object of compaffion than fcorn , The other is a fop of fashion , and ...
... admirably acted by Ben Jonfon the comedian . Mafter Stephen is an ho- neter object of ridicule than mafter Slen- der . One is nature's oaf , confequently rather an object of compaffion than fcorn , The other is a fop of fashion , and ...
Page 74
... admirably well drawn . The objection of Dr. Hurd , who terms the play a hard delineation of a groupe of fimply - existing paffions , wholly chimerical , is ill - founded . Some of thefe parts are to be seen now in fome shape or other ...
... admirably well drawn . The objection of Dr. Hurd , who terms the play a hard delineation of a groupe of fimply - existing paffions , wholly chimerical , is ill - founded . Some of thefe parts are to be seen now in fome shape or other ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acted actor admirable affumed againſt almoſt Antony audience Beaumont and Fletcher beſt Booth Brutus Caffius Catiline character Cibber Cicero Cleopatra Colley Cibber comedians comedy confequence Cordelia death Engliſh Epicure expreffion faid fame fatire fays fcene feems feen feveral fhall fince firft firſt fituation flaves fome foon fpectators fpirit ftage fubject fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofe fure Garrick himſelf honour humour huſband Johnſon Jonfon Julius Cæfar King Lady laſt Lear Leonard Diggs Lope de Rueda Macbeth Macduff Mark Antony maſter merit moft moſt murder muſt Notwithſtanding obfervations paffage paffion perfon play players pleaſe pleaſure poet preſent Quin racters raiſed reaſon refembling repreſentation repreſented reſtored revived Roman Roman actors ſay ſcene ſeems Sejanus ſeveral Shakspeare Shakspeare's ſhe ſhould Silent Woman ſkill ſpeak ſtage ſtate Steevens ſtill ſuppoſe taſte theatre thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy uſe Volpone whofe Wilks word writer
Popular passages
Page 318 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly' ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me ; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 255 - He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 210 - Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently; For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death.
Page 317 - tis fittest. Cor. How does my royal lord? How fares your majesty? Lear. You do me wrong, to take me out o' the grave. — Thou art a soul in bliss ; but I am bound Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears Do scald like molten lead.
Page 265 - I was many years ago so shocked by Cordelia's death, that I know not whether I ever endured to read again the last scenes of the play till I undertook to revise them as an editor.
Page 147 - What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Page 20 - element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.
Page 128 - He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about Him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover Him.
Page 279 - But we should reflect, that Lear is not agitated by one passion only, that he is not moved by rage, by grief, and indignation, singly, but by a tumultuous combination of them all together, where all claim to be heard at once, and where one naturally interrupts the progress of the other.
Page 355 - Ant. Come on, my soldier! Our hearts and arms are still the same : I long Once more to meet our foes; that thou and I, Like Time and Death, marching before our troops, May taste fate to them ; mow them out a passage, And, entering where the foremost squadrons yield, Begin the noble harvest of the field.