The London Magazine, Volume 5Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822 |
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... interest to the laugh- able itself , by mingling it with the marvellous , and which has placed Aristophanes so far above all his followers . When Anstey ventures out of his own walk he does not succeed so well . It 26 [ Jan. Lives of ...
... interest to the laugh- able itself , by mingling it with the marvellous , and which has placed Aristophanes so far above all his followers . When Anstey ventures out of his own walk he does not succeed so well . It 26 [ Jan. Lives of ...
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... interest in Mr. M- another replied , " True ; but it is always the agricultural interest . " -n's plays , The decline , or , strictly speaking , the fall of the British drama has been attributed to the present uniform state of society ...
... interest in Mr. M- another replied , " True ; but it is always the agricultural interest . " -n's plays , The decline , or , strictly speaking , the fall of the British drama has been attributed to the present uniform state of society ...
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... interest he contrives to throw into his comedies ; and the praise bestowed on him is not unmerited ; for most of his come- dics are as serious as rape , robbery , and murder , can make them . Folly , in all its va- rieties , the lesser ...
... interest he contrives to throw into his comedies ; and the praise bestowed on him is not unmerited ; for most of his come- dics are as serious as rape , robbery , and murder , can make them . Folly , in all its va- rieties , the lesser ...
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... interests , " which Corneille supposes to account for the success of his tragedy of Ser- torius , is the all in all of tragedy : and that if Mithridates ... interest of the play , and the unity 1822.7 47 On the English Standard Heroic .
... interests , " which Corneille supposes to account for the success of his tragedy of Ser- torius , is the all in all of tragedy : and that if Mithridates ... interest of the play , and the unity 1822.7 47 On the English Standard Heroic .
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the ruling interest of the play , and the unity of character ( yet the French talk of unities ! ) broken and con- founded . Racine has played exactly the same trick with the chaste and austere Hippolitus ; and Nahum Tate , stimulated by ...
the ruling interest of the play , and the unity of character ( yet the French talk of unities ! ) broken and con- founded . Racine has played exactly the same trick with the chaste and austere Hippolitus ; and Nahum Tate , stimulated by ...
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Page 419 - Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending...
Page 419 - Peace"— but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 418 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 419 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 419 - Peace, peace ! ' — but there is no peace : the war is actually begun ! — The next gale that sweeps from the north, will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms...
Page 90 - The seasons alter : hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose : And on old Hyems' chin and icy crown, An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds Is, as in mockery, set.
Page 171 - ... else ; I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly, as God made the world ; or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Page 419 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the Throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the Ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted, our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult, our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the Throne.
Page 304 - It is altogether a speculative scene of things, which has no reference whatever to the world that is.
Page 22 - ... about upon the fresh grass, with all the fine garden smells around me ; or basking in the orangery, till I could almost fancy myself ripening, too, along with the oranges and the limes in that grateful warmth ; or in watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish-pond at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a great sulky pike hanging midway down the water in silent state, as if it mocked at their impertinent friskings.