The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Band 1 |
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... shew the public , that his talents were not limited to the buskin ; and accordingly , late in 1667 , was represented , the " Maiden Queen , " a tragi - co medy , in which , although there is a comic plot separate from the tragic design ...
... shew the public , that his talents were not limited to the buskin ; and accordingly , late in 1667 , was represented , the " Maiden Queen , " a tragi - co medy , in which , although there is a comic plot separate from the tragic design ...
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... shew outward signs of resentment ; and in conversation allowed , that the farce had a great many good things in it , though so severe against himself . " Yet I cannot help saying , " he added , in a well - judged tone of contempt ...
... shew outward signs of resentment ; and in conversation allowed , that the farce had a great many good things in it , though so severe against himself . " Yet I cannot help saying , " he added , in a well - judged tone of contempt ...
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... shew how little Dryden's opinions were altered , or his tone low- ered , by the success of that witty satire . It was necessary , he says , either not to print the bold epilogue , which we have quoted , or to shew 150 LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .
... shew how little Dryden's opinions were altered , or his tone low- ered , by the success of that witty satire . It was necessary , he says , either not to print the bold epilogue , which we have quoted , or to shew 150 LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN .
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... shew that he could defend it . He censures decidedly the antiquated language , irregular plots , and anachro- nisms of Shakespeare and Fletcher ; but his main strength seems directed against Jonson . From his works he selects several ...
... shew that he could defend it . He censures decidedly the antiquated language , irregular plots , and anachro- nisms of Shakespeare and Fletcher ; but his main strength seems directed against Jonson . From his works he selects several ...
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... shew them that the greatest part of them are beauties ; and for the rest , I could recriminate upon the best poets of our nation , if I could resolve to accuse another of little faults , whom at the same time I admire for greater ...
... shew them that the greatest part of them are beauties ; and for the rest , I could recriminate upon the best poets of our nation , if I could resolve to accuse another of little faults , whom at the same time I admire for greater ...
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Seite 168 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Seite 314 - To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith, but bungling bigotry, Both knave and fool, the merchant we may call, To pay great sums, and to compound the small, Memoirs of My Life and Writings For who would break with Heaven, and would not break for all?
Seite 187 - His style is boisterous and rough-hewn, his rhyme incorrigibly lewd, and his numbers perpetually harsh and ill-sounding. The little talent which he has, is fancy. He sometimes labours with a thought ; but, with the pudder he makes to bring it into the world...
Seite 309 - Thy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure, Hearken unto a Verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleasure : A verse may find him, who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a Sacrifice.
Seite 473 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Seite 119 - He, who dares love, and for that love must die, And, knowing this, dares yet love on, am I.
Seite 123 - I boldly answer him that an heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or exceeding probable : but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, depending not on sense and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope for imagination.
Seite 288 - Th' unconscious stream sleeps o'er thee like a lake. " Next plung'da feeble, but a desperate pack, With each a sickly brother at his back : Sons of a day ! just buoyant on the flood, Then number'd with the puppies in the mud.
Seite 109 - Poets like lovers should be bold and dare, They spoil their business with an over-care. And he who servilely creeps after sense, Is safe, but ne'er will reach an excellence.
Seite 273 - O early ripe! to thy abundant Store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Thro' the harsh cadence of a rugged line: A noble error, and but seldom made, When poets are by too much force betray'd. Thy generous fruits, tho...