Lectures and Notes on Shakspere and Other English Poets |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 56
Page 11
... speak of Beaumont and Fletcher : he highly extolled their comedies in many respects , especially for the vivacity of the dialogue , but he contended that their tragedies were liable to grave objections . They always proceeded upon ...
... speak of Beaumont and Fletcher : he highly extolled their comedies in many respects , especially for the vivacity of the dialogue , but he contended that their tragedies were liable to grave objections . They always proceeded upon ...
Page 12
... ( speaking of them in their joint capacity ) is , that Shakspere always makes vice odious and virtue admirable , while Beaumont and Fletcher do the very re- verse- -they ridicule virtue and encourage vice : they pander to the lowest and ...
... ( speaking of them in their joint capacity ) is , that Shakspere always makes vice odious and virtue admirable , while Beaumont and Fletcher do the very re- verse- -they ridicule virtue and encourage vice : they pander to the lowest and ...
Page 16
... speak of his contemporaries , but if he did speak of them , he must give his fair opinion , and that opinion was , that not one of the three - neither Southey , Scott , nor Campbell - would by their poetry survive much beyond the day ...
... speak of his contemporaries , but if he did speak of them , he must give his fair opinion , and that opinion was , that not one of the three - neither Southey , Scott , nor Campbell - would by their poetry survive much beyond the day ...
Page 20
... speaking of the course of lectures delivered in 1818 , observes : - " He lec- tured from notes , which he had carefully made ; yet it was obvious that his audience was more delighted when , putting his notes aside , he spoke extempore ...
... speaking of the course of lectures delivered in 1818 , observes : - " He lec- tured from notes , which he had carefully made ; yet it was obvious that his audience was more delighted when , putting his notes aside , he spoke extempore ...
Page 22
... speaking at all on the subject announced . According to advertisement , he was to lecture on ' Romeo and Juliet , ' and Shakspere's female characters . Instead of this he began with a defence of school - flogging , in preference at ...
... speaking at all on the subject announced . According to advertisement , he was to lecture on ' Romeo and Juliet , ' and Shakspere's female characters . Instead of this he began with a defence of school - flogging , in preference at ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1st Fol admirable ancient appear Aristophanes audience Beaumont and Fletcher beautiful Ben Jonson Bolingbroke called cause character circumstances Coleridge Coleridge's comedy critics delight drama dramatists effect excellence excitement express exquisite fancy feeling genius give Greek Hamlet hath heart heaven Henry human Iago ideal images imagination imitation individual instance intellect Jonson judgment King language Lear lectures lord Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth Massinger means metre Milton mind modern moral nature never noble object observation Othello passage passion perfect persons play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Polonius present produced Prospero Rape of Lucrece reader reason remarks Richard Richard II Romeo and Juliet scene sense Shak Shakspere Shakspere's Shaksperian soul speak speech spere spirit stage supposed things thou thought tion Titus Andronicus tragedy true truth Venus and Adonis verse whilst whole words writers