Cyclopædia of English literature, Volumen1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 |
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... Drama , for example , an exponent , to some extent , of the state of the national mind at the time , and is it not equally one of the influences which may be presumed to have modified that mind in the age which followed ? Nor is it to ...
... Drama , for example , an exponent , to some extent , of the state of the national mind at the time , and is it not equally one of the influences which may be presumed to have modified that mind in the age which followed ? Nor is it to ...
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... Dramatic Dialogue after the Restora tion , 494 · POETS . Translations of the Ancient Poets , Spenser and Milton , 494 496 Lampoon , 497 · Dryden's Translation of Virgil , 497 MATTHEW PRIOR , Epitaph Extempore , 535 For my Own Monument ...
... Dramatic Dialogue after the Restora tion , 494 · POETS . Translations of the Ancient Poets , Spenser and Milton , 494 496 Lampoon , 497 · Dryden's Translation of Virgil , 497 MATTHEW PRIOR , Epitaph Extempore , 535 For my Own Monument ...
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... dramatic , and not only prove his good sense , but exhibit no unfavourable specimens of his eloquence . In his description of the first crusade , he seems to change his usual character , and becomes not only enter- taining , but even ...
... dramatic , and not only prove his good sense , but exhibit no unfavourable specimens of his eloquence . In his description of the first crusade , he seems to change his usual character , and becomes not only enter- taining , but even ...
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... dramatic pieces on sacred subjects , which , to a modern taste , appear utterly burlesque . Among these are plays on John the Baptist's preach- ing ; on the childhood , temptation , passion , and resurrection of Christ ; on the Lord's ...
... dramatic pieces on sacred subjects , which , to a modern taste , appear utterly burlesque . Among these are plays on John the Baptist's preach- ing ; on the childhood , temptation , passion , and resurrection of Christ ; on the Lord's ...
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... drama , for instance , chiefly owed that en- couragement which it received under Elizabeth and her successors , to a ... dramatic writer . In 1557 , Sackville formed the de- sign of a poem , entitled The Mirrour for Magistrates , of ...
... drama , for instance , chiefly owed that en- couragement which it received under Elizabeth and her successors , to a ... dramatic writer . In 1557 , Sackville formed the de- sign of a poem , entitled The Mirrour for Magistrates , of ...
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Página 169 - there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that, with his tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and being an absolute Johannes Fac-totum, is, in his own conceit, the only
Página 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked 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' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Página 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Merchant
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Página 200 - Place«. » The Turk. Choice nymph ! the crown of chaste Diana's train, Thou beauty's lily, set in heavenly earth ; Thy fairs, uupattern'd, all perfection stain