The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 193
... audience , we shall defeat this great end , if we always make virtue and innocence happy and successful . Whatever crosses and disappointments a good man suffers in the body of the tragedy , they will make but a small im- pression on ...
... audience , we shall defeat this great end , if we always make virtue and innocence happy and successful . Whatever crosses and disappointments a good man suffers in the body of the tragedy , they will make but a small im- pression on ...
Page 196
... audience for towering thoughts , and have accordingly met with infinite applause . I shall here add a remark , which I am afraid our tragic writers may make an ill use of . As our heroes are generally lovers , their swelling and ...
... audience for towering thoughts , and have accordingly met with infinite applause . I shall here add a remark , which I am afraid our tragic writers may make an ill use of . As our heroes are generally lovers , their swelling and ...
Page 217
... audience . Nec coram populo natos Medea trucidet , ' Ars Poet . ver . 185 . • Let not Medea draw her murd'ring knife , And spill her children's blood upon the stage . ' ROSCOMMON . The French have therefore refined too much upon ...
... audience . Nec coram populo natos Medea trucidet , ' Ars Poet . ver . 185 . • Let not Medea draw her murd'ring knife , And spill her children's blood upon the stage . ' ROSCOMMON . The French have therefore refined too much upon ...
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acquaint acrostics ADDISON admiration Æneid agreeable anagrams ancient appear APRIL 13 April 26 Aristotle assembly audience beautiful behaviour called character Cicero club coffee-house conversation discourse dress DRYDEN Earl Douglas endeavour English entertainment eyes false favour genius gentleman give hand heard heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour Italian John Sharpe kind king lady laugh learned letter likewise lion live look lover manner March 15 means mind nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper passion person Pharamond Pict piece play pleased pleasure poem poet Porus present prince reader reason rhymes ROSCOMMON scenes sense shew sion speak Spectator stage STEELE talk tell thing thou thought tion told town tragedy turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue whig whole woman women words writing young