 | Thomas Warton - 1778 - 570 páginas
...they were, they foftened the manners of the people, by diverting the public attention to fpectacles in which the mind was concerned, and by creating a regard for other arts than thofe of bodily ftrength and favage valour. f MSS. Harl. 2124. 2013. Vol. II. E e • SECT. X. HE only... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 670 páginas
...they were, they foftened the manners of the people, by diverting the public attention to fpeelacles in which the mind was concerned, and by creating a regard for other arts than thofe of bodily ítrength and favage valour." I may add, that thefe reprefentations were fo far from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 570 páginas
...they were, they foftened the manners of the people, by diverting the public attention to fpedacles in which the mind was concerned, and by creating a regard for other arts than thofe of bodily ftrength and favage valour." I may add, that thefe reprefentations were fo far from... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 606 páginas
...amusement. Rude, and even ridiculous as the)' were, they softened the manners of the people by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind was concerned, and by H 2 1OO MYSTERIES, MORALITIES, creating a regard for other arts than those of bodily strength and savage... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 510 páginas
...amusement. Rude and even ridiculous as they were, they softened the manners of the people, by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind...than those of bodily strength and savage valour." I may add, that these representations were so far from being considered as indecent or profane, that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 564 páginas
...amusement. Rude and even ridiculous as they were, they softened the manners of the people, by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind...than those of bodily strength and savage valour." I may add, that these representations were so far from being considered as indecent or profane, that... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 370 páginas
...amusement. Rude, and even ridiculous, as they were, they softened the manners of the people, by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind...than those of bodily strength and savage valour." ART. VII. — Memoires du Marechal de Bassompierre, contenans I'Histoire de sa vie, et de ce qui s'est... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 326 páginas
...amusement. Rude, and even ridiculous as they were, they softened the manners of the people by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind...savage valour." Mysteries are to be distinguished from Moratifies, and Farces, and Sotties. Moralities are dialogues where the interlocutors represented feigned... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 526 páginas
...amusement. Rude and even ridiculous as they were, they softened the manners of the people, by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind...than those of bodily strength and savage valour." I may add, that these representations were so far from being considered as indecent or profane, that... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 536 páginas
...amusement. Rude, and even ridiculous as they were, they softened the manners of the people by diverting the public attention to spectacles in which the mind...be distinguished from Moralities, and Farces, and Softies. Moralities are dialogues where the interlocutors represented feigned or allegorical personages.... | |
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... could not read the Bible, but in abolishing the barbarous attachment to military games and the bloody contentions of the tournament, which had so long prevailed as the sole species of popular amusement. Rude, and even ridiculous as they were, they... 
