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 páginas |
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... appearance on the stage . The part of Parolles was , by Fleetwood , the manager , promised to Macklin ; but Theophilus Cibber , by fome fort of arti- . fice , as common in theatres as in courts , fnatched it from him , to his great ...
... appearance on the stage . The part of Parolles was , by Fleetwood , the manager , promised to Macklin ; but Theophilus Cibber , by fome fort of arti- . fice , as common in theatres as in courts , fnatched it from him , to his great ...
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... appearances in nature , either by attributing them to the agency of fecond caufes , or to fome princi- ple still more bold and uncertain : whereas Shakspeare infinuates , that it would be more modeft to confefs our ignorance , in things ...
... appearances in nature , either by attributing them to the agency of fecond caufes , or to fome princi- ple still more bold and uncertain : whereas Shakspeare infinuates , that it would be more modeft to confefs our ignorance , in things ...
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... , would make an odd appearance in the bills , more espe- cially as a young and beloved prince had juft afcended the throne of his ancestors . Others Others thought the impropriety of the fto- ry , on ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . 43.
... , would make an odd appearance in the bills , more espe- cially as a young and beloved prince had juft afcended the throne of his ancestors . Others Others thought the impropriety of the fto- ry , on ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL . 43.
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... appearance , at Co- vent - Garden theatre , was in Cordelia , the winter enfuing , when Quin acted Lear . Though this actress was very attractive in feature and agreeable in figure , yet , it must be granted , that parts of vigour and ...
... appearance , at Co- vent - Garden theatre , was in Cordelia , the winter enfuing , when Quin acted Lear . Though this actress was very attractive in feature and agreeable in figure , yet , it must be granted , that parts of vigour and ...
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... of the murderer fhe confiders as pufillani- mity , and helps to remove the appearance of guilt from him by fmearing the faces of the fleeping grooms . VOL . II . I LADY LADY His Spongy officers ? MACBETH . What not put MACBETH . 129 .
... of the murderer fhe confiders as pufillani- mity , and helps to remove the appearance of guilt from him by fmearing the faces of the fleeping grooms . VOL . II . I LADY LADY His Spongy officers ? MACBETH . What not put MACBETH . 129 .
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Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 128 - He made darkness his secret place, his pavilion round about Him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover Him.
Página 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.
Página 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.