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... things beside the jingle of his couplets . In his tragedies , which are never bombastic , always dignified , and sometimes interesting , he preserves almost perfectly the French theatrical decorum ; like Racine , he describes battles ...
... things beside the jingle of his couplets . In his tragedies , which are never bombastic , always dignified , and sometimes interesting , he preserves almost perfectly the French theatrical decorum ; like Racine , he describes battles ...
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... things , as in bidding a servant shut a door ; or in scenes of repartee , where the couplet is divided between two persons . But all these arguments apply only against unskilful rimers , not against rime itself . A skilful poet can make ...
... things , as in bidding a servant shut a door ; or in scenes of repartee , where the couplet is divided between two persons . But all these arguments apply only against unskilful rimers , not against rime itself . A skilful poet can make ...
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... thing to add to what already is invented , we ought all of us , without envy to him , or partiality to ourselves , to ... things as far above the ordinary proportion 6. his work ] Q1Q2Q3Q4 . this work Q5F . 11 . 32 . 40 . it to be ] QqF ...
... thing to add to what already is invented , we ought all of us , without envy to him , or partiality to ourselves , to ... things as far above the ordinary proportion 6. his work ] Q1Q2Q3Q4 . this work Q5F . 11 . 32 . 40 . it to be ] QqF ...
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... things , as , depending not on sense , and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge , may give him a freer scope for imagina- tion . ' Tis enough that , in all ages and religions , the greatest part of mankind have believ'd the ...
... things , as , depending not on sense , and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge , may give him a freer scope for imagina- tion . ' Tis enough that , in all ages and religions , the greatest part of mankind have believ'd the ...
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... things as extravagant he says , but performs not one action in the play . 21 . 28 . contented ] Q1 . content Q2Q3Q4Q5F . virtue ] Q1Q2Q3 . virtues Q4Q5F SSMK . But none of the former calumnies will stick ; and 121 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA.
... things as extravagant he says , but performs not one action in the play . 21 . 28 . contented ] Q1 . content Q2Q3Q4Q5F . virtue ] Q1Q2Q3 . virtues Q4Q5F SSMK . But none of the former calumnies will stick ; and 121 THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA.
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Page 458 - Never ; he will not : Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety : other women cloy The appetites they feed : but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies : for vilest things Become themselves in her; that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish.
Page 237 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Page xxiii - A tragi-comedy is not so called in respect of mirth and killing, but in respect it wants deaths, which is enough to make it no tragedy, yet brings some near to it, which is enough to make it no comedy...
Page 444 - He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box, which ever and anon He gave his nose, and took't away again ; — Who therewith angry, when it next came there, Took it in snuff : — and still he smil'd and talk'd . And as the soldiers bore dead bodies by.
Page 248 - They said they would not fight for Cleopatra. Why should they fight indeed, to make her conquer, And make you more a slave ? to gain you kingdoms, Which, for a kiss, at your next midnight feast, You'll sell to her?
Page 294 - O hold ! she is not fled. ANT. She is: my eyes Are open to her falsehood; my whole life Has been a golden dream of love and friendship; But, now I wake, I'm like a merchant, roused From soft repose, to see his vessel sinking, And all his wealth cast over.
Page 277 - Can I do this? Ah, no, my love's so true, That I can neither hide it where it is, Nor show it where it is not. Nature meant me A wife; a silly, harmless, household dove, Fond without art, and kind without deceit...
Page 271 - Go to him, children, go; Kneel to him, take him by the hand, speak to him ; For you may speak, and he may own you too, Without a blush; and so he cannot all His children: go, I say, and pull him to me, And pull him to yourselves, from that bad woman.
Page 449 - Melantha is as finished an impertinent as ever fluttered in a drawing-room, and seems to contain the most complete system of female foppery, that could possibly be crowded into the tortured form of a fine lady. Her language, dress, motion, manners, soul, and body, are in a continual hurry to be something more than is necessary or commendable. And though I doubt it will be a vain labour, to offer you a just likeness of Mrs.
Page 284 - O, wheel you there ? Observe him now ; the Man begins to mend, And talk substantial reason. Fear not, Eunuch, The Emperor has giv'n thee leave to speak. Alex. Else had I never dar'd t...