Illustrations of the tragedies of Æschylus and Sophocles from the Greek, Latin, and English poets, with an intr. essay, by J.F. BoyesJohn Frederick Boyes 1842 |
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... speak ; almost all those of our own country who have been deemed worthy of notice [ by good authorities , ] from Chaucer , to the present time . Bishop Percy's Relics , and the Dramatic Collections of Hawkins and Dodsley have afforded ...
... speak ; almost all those of our own country who have been deemed worthy of notice [ by good authorities , ] from Chaucer , to the present time . Bishop Percy's Relics , and the Dramatic Collections of Hawkins and Dodsley have afforded ...
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... speaking , untouched ; and this is the more extraordinary , when we embrace in one view the two facts , that the merit of these poets has been generally admitted , and that almost every one of our own poets of eminence has had these ...
... speaking , untouched ; and this is the more extraordinary , when we embrace in one view the two facts , that the merit of these poets has been generally admitted , and that almost every one of our own poets of eminence has had these ...
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... Greek drama ; whether by d Norton and Sackville . e e I speak here , as elsewhere , especially with reference to the two earlier versions in other languages , or from a knowledge of + The song of Ben Jonven Drink to me only ...
... Greek drama ; whether by d Norton and Sackville . e e I speak here , as elsewhere , especially with reference to the two earlier versions in other languages , or from a knowledge of + The song of Ben Jonven Drink to me only ...
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... speak with equal certainty . f My general rule has been to avoid translations ; and I have introduced quotations from this , principally to shew how much the Greek tragedy was at this time studied by the writers for the French stage ...
... speak with equal certainty . f My general rule has been to avoid translations ; and I have introduced quotations from this , principally to shew how much the Greek tragedy was at this time studied by the writers for the French stage ...
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... speaking of one wholly unequalled in original power , who had not even enjoyed the then ordinary advantage of residence at an university . Common sense , as well as comparison with themselves , would tell them , that if they wished to ...
... speaking of one wholly unequalled in original power , who had not even enjoyed the then ordinary advantage of residence at an university . Common sense , as well as comparison with themselves , would tell them , that if they wished to ...
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Page 16 - How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, How is she become tributary...
Page 37 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 15 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 25 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which, when rent, The earth is cover'd thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heap'd and pent, Rider and horse, — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 12 - Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shall not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Page 34 - Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land...
Page xxvi - He is our cousin, cousin ; but 'tis doubt, When time shall call him home from banishment, Whether our kinsman come to see his friends. Ourself, and Bushy, Bagot here, and Green, Observ'd his courtship to the common people : — • How he did seem to dive into their hearts, With humble and familiar courtesy ; What reverence he did throw away on slaves ; Wooing poor craftsmen with the craft of smiles, And patient under bearing- of his fortune, As 'twere, to banish their affects with him.
Page 3 - Of dragon watch with unenchanted eye, To save her blossoms, and defend her fruit, From the rash hand of bold Incontinence.
Page 12 - Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Page 17 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence.