The Works of the British Dramatists: Carefully Selected from the Original Editions with Biographical Notes, Etc., EtcW.W. Swayne, 1870 - 509 Seiten |
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... present age , for example , is characterized by the superabundance of prose fiction ; this is the period of the novel . During the early half of last century , the most popular and common form of literature was the short essay , which ...
... present age , for example , is characterized by the superabundance of prose fiction ; this is the period of the novel . During the early half of last century , the most popular and common form of literature was the short essay , which ...
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... are to be blamed for the want of a thorough acquaintance with the works of these dramatists , considering the many all - important matters demanding attention in the present , the great number of the dramas extant vi PREFACE .
... are to be blamed for the want of a thorough acquaintance with the works of these dramatists , considering the many all - important matters demanding attention in the present , the great number of the dramas extant vi PREFACE .
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... present , the great number of the dramas extant , and to men of moderate means , the comparatively great expense of even the cheapest editions . Many , too , would not care to read through the whole works of any one dramatist , and to ...
... present , the great number of the dramas extant , and to men of moderate means , the comparatively great expense of even the cheapest editions . Many , too , would not care to read through the whole works of any one dramatist , and to ...
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... present day — and far more so is it the case among the uncultivated and uneducated , who are living examples of what all classes at one time were - when two or three are met together , are not the affairs of themselves and their friends ...
... present day — and far more so is it the case among the uncultivated and uneducated , who are living examples of what all classes at one time were - when two or three are met together , are not the affairs of themselves and their friends ...
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... present time , dramatic representation in one form or other has been kept alive in Europe . We have seen that at a very early period of the Christian era , the clergy attempted to substitute plays of a religious character for those ...
... present time , dramatic representation in one form or other has been kept alive in Europe . We have seen that at a very early period of the Christian era , the clergy attempted to substitute plays of a religious character for those ...
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Seite 120 - Her lips suck forth my soul, see where it flies! Come Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Seite 108 - And, seeing there was no place to mount up higher, Why should I grieve at my declining fall? — Farewell, fair queen; weep not for Mortimer, That scorns the world, and, as a traveller, Goes to discover countries yet unknown.
Seite 163 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed : Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound. Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace : Robes loosely flowing, hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me, Than all the adulteries of art ; They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
Seite 112 - Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it. Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hells, In being depriv'd of everlasting bliss? O, Faustus, leave these frivolous demands, Which strike a terror to my fainting soul!
Seite l - With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin. All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes. She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas ! become of me?
Seite 317 - Of what is't fools make such vain keeping? Sin their conception, their birth weeping, Their life a general mist of error, Their death a hideous storm of terror. Strew your hair with powders sweet, Don clean linen, bathe your feet, And (the foul fiend more to check) A crucifix let bless your neck : 'Tis now full tide 'tween night and day ; End your groan, and come away.
Seite 56 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Seite 56 - Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Seite 110 - All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command : emperors and kings Are but obeyed in their several provinces, Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds ; But his dominion that exceeds in this Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man, A sound magician is a mighty god : Here, Faustus, tire thy brains to gain a deity.
Seite 114 - And long ere this I should have slain myself, Had not sweet pleasure conquered deep despair, Have not I made blind Homer sing to me Of Alexander's love and CEnon's death? And hath not he that built the walls of Thebes With ravishing sound of his melodious harp, Made music with my Mephistophilis ? Why should I die then, or basely despair ? I am resolved.- Faustus shall ne'er repent— Come, Mephistophilis, let us dispute again, And argue of divine Astrology.