Specimens of English dramatic poets. New ed. (2 pt. in 1 v.)W. P. Hazard, 1857 |
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... plays which are to be found only in the British Mu- seun and in some scarce private libraries . The rest are from Dodsley's and Hawkins's collections , and the works of Jonson , Beaumont and Fletcher , and Massinger . I have chosen ...
... plays which are to be found only in the British Mu- seun and in some scarce private libraries . The rest are from Dodsley's and Hawkins's collections , and the works of Jonson , Beaumont and Fletcher , and Massinger . I have chosen ...
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... plays which I have made choice of have been , with few excep- tions , those which treat of human life and manners , rather than masques , and Arcadian pastorals , with their train of abstractions , unimpassioned ... play ( vi PREFACE .
... plays which I have made choice of have been , with few excep- tions , those which treat of human life and manners , rather than masques , and Arcadian pastorals , with their train of abstractions , unimpassioned ... play ( vi PREFACE .
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Charles Lamb. sons joining in the composition of the same play ( the noble practice of those times ) , that of most of the writers con- tained in these selections it may be strictly said , that they were contemporaries . The whole period ...
Charles Lamb. sons joining in the composition of the same play ( the noble practice of those times ) , that of most of the writers con- tained in these selections it may be strictly said , that they were contemporaries . The whole period ...
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... play is stiff and cumbersome , like the dresses of its times . There may be flesh and blood underneath , but we cannot get at it . Sir Philip Sydney has praised it for its morality . One of its authors might easily furnish that . Norton ...
... play is stiff and cumbersome , like the dresses of its times . There may be flesh and blood underneath , but we cannot get at it . Sir Philip Sydney has praised it for its morality . One of its authors might easily furnish that . Norton ...
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... play ( which without them is but a caput mortuum , such another piece of flatness as Locrine ) , Hawkins , in his ... plays of Jonson which would authorize us to suppose that he could have supplied the scenes in question . I should ...
... play ( which without them is but a caput mortuum , such another piece of flatness as Locrine ) , Hawkins , in his ... plays of Jonson which would authorize us to suppose that he could have supplied the scenes in question . I should ...
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Alaham blessing blood Bonduca breath brother Cæsar Calica Camena Carracus cheek Clor Corb court curse dare dead dear death dost doth Duch Duke earth eyes fair father Faustus fear fortune Fran give grief hand happy hate hath hear heart heaven hell honor hope Jacin JAMES SHIRLEY JOHN FLETCHER JOHN FORD JOHN MARSTON JOHN WEBSTER King kiss kneel lady leave live look lord Madam methinks Moth mother ne'er Nennius never night noble Ovid pardon passion PHILIP MASSINGER pity pleasure poison poor pray Queen revenge Shakspeare shame sister sorrow soul speak spirit sweet sword Tamburlaine tears tell thee thine things THOMAS HEYWOOD THOMAS MIDDLETON thou art thou hast thoughts thyself tongue TRAGEDY true twas unto Violanta virtue weep what's whilst wife WILLIAM ROWLEY Witch woman
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Page 26 - And there, in mire and puddle have I stood This ten days' space ; and lest that I should sleep, One plays continually upon a drum. They give me bread and water, being a king ; So that, for want of sleep and sustenance, My mind's distemper'd, and my body's numb'd, And whether I have limbs or no, I know not.
Page 27 - Edw. Something still buzzeth in mine ears, And tells me if I sleep I never wake; This fear is that which makes me tremble thus. And therefore tell me, wherefore art thou come ? Light.
Page 36 - ... spheres of Heaven, That time may cease, and midnight never come; Fair Nature's eye, rise, rise again and make Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul! O lente, lente, currite noctis equi!
Page 19 - I must have wanton poets, pleasant wits, Musicians, that with touching of a string May draw the pliant king which way I please: Music and poetry is his delight; Therefore I'll have Italian masks by night, Sweet speeches, comedies, and pleasing shows...
Page 163 - They are foul anomalies, of whom we know not whence they are sprung, nor whether they have beginning or ending. As they are without human passions, so they seem to be without human relations. They come with thunder and lightning, and vanish to airy music. This is all we know of them. Except Hecate, they have no names, which heightens their mysteriousness.
Page 162 - Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray, Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may! Titty, Tiffin, Keep it stiff in; Firedrake, Puckey, Make it lucky; Liard, Robin, You must bob in. Round, around, around, about, about! All ill come running in, all good keep out!
Page 113 - When no breath troubles them. Believe me, boy, Care seeks out wrinkled brows and hollow eyes, And builds himself caves, to abide in them.
Page 104 - 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!
Page 202 - What would it pleasure me to have my throat cut With diamonds ? or to be smothered With cassia? or to be shot to death with pearls? I know death hath ten thousand several doors For men to take their exits...
Page 64 - tis the soul of peace : Of all the virtues, 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer; A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit : The first true gentleman, that ever breathed.