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... tragedy will extort tears in private . This power belongs also to painting : a good historical painting makes a deeper impression than words can , but still inferior to theatri- cal action . Painting possesses a middle place between ...
... tragedy will extort tears in private . This power belongs also to painting : a good historical painting makes a deeper impression than words can , but still inferior to theatri- cal action . Painting possesses a middle place between ...
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... tragedy of Othello , says , He hath a daily beauty in his life , That makes me ugly . The character of a fop , and of a rough warrior , are nowhere_more successfully contrasted than in Shakspeare's First Part of Henry IV . Act I. Sc . 3 ...
... tragedy of Othello , says , He hath a daily beauty in his life , That makes me ugly . The character of a fop , and of a rough warrior , are nowhere_more successfully contrasted than in Shakspeare's First Part of Henry IV . Act I. Sc . 3 ...
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... tragedies , we sometimes find senti ments tolerably well adapted to a plain passion ; but we must not , in any of them , expect a sentiment ex- pressive of character ; and , upon that very account , our late performances of the dramatic ...
... tragedies , we sometimes find senti ments tolerably well adapted to a plain passion ; but we must not , in any of them , expect a sentiment ex- pressive of character ; and , upon that very account , our late performances of the dramatic ...
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... tragedy of Cinna , Æmilia , after the conspir- acy was discovered , having nothing in view but racks and death to herself and her lover , receives a pardon from Augustus , attended with the brightest circum- stances of magnanimity and ...
... tragedy of Cinna , Æmilia , after the conspir- acy was discovered , having nothing in view but racks and death to herself and her lover , receives a pardon from Augustus , attended with the brightest circum- stances of magnanimity and ...
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... tragedy of Jane Shore , Alicia , in the full pur- pose of destroying her rival , has the following re- flection : - Oh Jealousy ! thou bane of pleasing friendship , Thou worst invader of our tender bosoms : How does thy rancor poison ...
... tragedy of Jane Shore , Alicia , in the full pur- pose of destroying her rival , has the following re- flection : - Oh Jealousy ! thou bane of pleasing friendship , Thou worst invader of our tender bosoms : How does thy rancor poison ...
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accent action agreeable allegory appear arts beauty blank verse burlesque Cæsar cause circumstances comparison congruity connexion couplet dignity disagreeable distinguished doth effect elevated emotion produced emotions and passions emotions raised epic poetry expression external Falstaff feeling figure of speech FINGAL garden Give an example Give examples grace grandeur grief hath heaven Hence HENRY IV.-ACT HUDIBRAS ILIAD imagination imitation impression inanimate Jane Shore jects kind king language less light manner means melody metaphor mind motion Mozambic nature never novelty o'er object observed ornament Ossian Othello painful PARADISE LOST pause person personification pleasure poem principle proper reason relation relish resemblance respect rhyme RICHARD II.-ACT ridicule riety rule SECOND PART HENRY sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare simile sion soliloquies sonification sort sound species spectator sublime syllables taste termed thee things thou thought tion tragedy variety verse words writers