Life of Francis Beaumont. Life of John Fletcher. Prefaces. Commendatory poems. Verses on an honest man's fortune. Beaumont's letter to Jonson. Last editor's preface. Maid's tragedy. Philaster. King and no king. Scornful lady. Custom of the country. Elder brother. Spanish curate. Wit without money. Beggar's bush. Humorous lieutenant. Faithful shepherdess. Mad lover. Loyal subject. Rule a wife and have a wife. Laws of candy. False oneJohn Stockdale, 1811 |
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... beauty of the symmetry . For example : The faults in the character of the King and No King , are not , as he makes them , such as render him detestable ; but only imperfections which accompany human nature , and for the most part ...
... beauty of the symmetry . For example : The faults in the character of the King and No King , are not , as he makes them , such as render him detestable ; but only imperfections which accompany human nature , and for the most part ...
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... beauty of a tragedy , ' tis the discourses , when they are natural and passionate . " So are Shakespeare's . ' " Here Mr. Dryden breaks off . " About a year after Mr. Rymer's publishing his criticism , he printed a tragedy written by ...
... beauty of a tragedy , ' tis the discourses , when they are natural and passionate . " So are Shakespeare's . ' " Here Mr. Dryden breaks off . " About a year after Mr. Rymer's publishing his criticism , he printed a tragedy written by ...
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... by Shakespeare's Tempest first to roar ; That innocence and beauty which did smile In Fletcher , grew on this enchanted isle . " Spanish Spanish Curate , a comedy , frequently revived with general xviii PREFACE , 1711 .
... by Shakespeare's Tempest first to roar ; That innocence and beauty which did smile In Fletcher , grew on this enchanted isle . " Spanish Spanish Curate , a comedy , frequently revived with general xviii PREFACE , 1711 .
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... beauty in the drama , and little writers have often made their advantages of it ; they could contrive incidents to embarrass and perplex the plot , and by that alone have succeeded and pleased , with- out perhaps a single life of ...
... beauty in the drama , and little writers have often made their advantages of it ; they could contrive incidents to embarrass and perplex the plot , and by that alone have succeeded and pleased , with- out perhaps a single life of ...
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... beauty that shews an intimacy with that father of poetry , in whom it occurs ex- tremely often3 . Milton has an exceeding fine one in the description of his Lazar - House . 66 Despair " Tended the sick , busiest from couch to couch ...
... beauty that shews an intimacy with that father of poetry , in whom it occurs ex- tremely often3 . Milton has an exceeding fine one in the description of his Lazar - House . 66 Despair " Tended the sick , busiest from couch to couch ...
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Página xcii - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página lxxxix - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Página 399 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Página 389 - Philomel, with melody Sing in our sweet lullaby ; Lulla, lulla, lullaby, lulla, lulla, lullaby : Never harm, Nor spell nor charm, Come our lovely lady nigh ; So, good night, with lullaby.
Página xxxi - Do my face (If thou had'st ever feeling of a sorrow) Thus, thus, Antiphila : strive to make me look Like Sorrow's monument ; and the trees about me, Let them be dry and leafless ; let the rocks Groan with continual surges ; and behind me, Make all a desolation.
Página xxxv - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Página 9 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Página 378 - I sit by and sing, Or gather rushes, to make many a ring For thy long fingers; tell thee tales of love) How the pale Phoebe, hunting in a grove, First saw the boy Endymion, from whose eyes She took eternal fire that never dies; How she...
Página 54 - I' the morning with you, and at night behind you Past and forgotten ; how your vows are frosts, Fast for a night, and with the next sun gone ; How you are, being taken all together, A mere confusion, and so dead a chaos, That love cannot distinguish. These sad texts, Till my last hour, I am bound to utter of you. So, farewell all my woe, all my delight ! [Exit, Are.
Página 67 - I have wrong'd thee, and as much of joy That I repent it, issue from mine eyes; Let them appease thee. Take thy right; take her; She is thy right too; and forget to urge My vexed soul with that I did before.