Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2G. Routledge & Company, 1858 - English literature |
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... genius , it did the utmost intrepidity ; for the people were , through long habit , intoxicated with the wild amusement they amply received from their farces and moralities . The following curious anecdote , which followed the first ...
... genius , it did the utmost intrepidity ; for the people were , through long habit , intoxicated with the wild amusement they amply received from their farces and moralities . The following curious anecdote , which followed the first ...
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... genius . Scudery was the first who introduced the twenty - four hours from Aristotle ; and Mairet studied the construction of the fable , and the rules of the drama . They yet groped in the dark , and their beauties were yet only ...
... genius . Scudery was the first who introduced the twenty - four hours from Aristotle ; and Mairet studied the construction of the fable , and the rules of the drama . They yet groped in the dark , and their beauties were yet only ...
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... genius , requested leave to act this notable piece . Honest Anthony Wood tells us , that it being too grave for the king , and too scholastic for the auditory , or , as some have said , the actors had taken too much wine , his majesty ...
... genius , requested leave to act this notable piece . Honest Anthony Wood tells us , that it being too grave for the king , and too scholastic for the auditory , or , as some have said , the actors had taken too much wine , his majesty ...
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... genius in early life , till he became a mystical fanatic . It was said of him that " he was the greatest madman among poets , and the best poet among madmen . " His comedy of " The Visionaries " is one of the most extraordinary dramatic ...
... genius in early life , till he became a mystical fanatic . It was said of him that " he was the greatest madman among poets , and the best poet among madmen . " His comedy of " The Visionaries " is one of the most extraordinary dramatic ...
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... genius has not been effaced , but concealed , by the transient crowd of their posterity : - - I have admired to see persons of virtue and humour long much to be in the city , where , when they come they found nor sought for no other ...
... genius has not been effaced , but concealed , by the transient crowd of their posterity : - - I have admired to see persons of virtue and humour long much to be in the city , where , when they come they found nor sought for no other ...
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Page 178 - I saw the world, and yet I was not seen; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun; And now I live, and now my life is done!
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Page 317 - With a heart of furious fancies, Whereof I am commander : With a burning spear, And a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander ; With a knight of ghosts and shadows, I summoned am to Tourney : Ten leagues beyond The wide world's end ; Methinks it is no journey...
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Page 98 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace.
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