 | Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - England - 1774 - 346 pages
...Nature; for any thing fo over" done is from the purpofe of playing, whofe end, both " at the iii It and now, was, and is, to hold as it were " the mirror up to Nature ; to fhew Virtue her own fea" tore, Scorn her own image, and the very age and " body of the. time,... | |
 | Sermons - 1776 - 432 pages
...are always " from the purpofe of" preaching, a principal part " of whofe end^ both at the firft and " now, was and is, to hold, as it were, the " mirror up to nature, ta fhew Virtue her •' own feature, Vice her own image, and the " very age and body of the time its... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...nothing but noise and dumb shew. 4014; ACTING. The Purpose of Playing, it's End both at the first and now, was and is, to hold, as it were, the Mirror .up to Nature : to shew Virtue her Feature, Scorn her own Image, and the very Age and Body of the Time his Form and... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Leigh Hunt - 1840 - 182 pages
...such indiscriminate prodigality was 'from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror up to Nature.' " — Edinburgh Review, March 1827, p. 278. This extract has rendered it additionally desirable that... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - Artists - 1824 - 318 pages
...smoothness. And yet, at the same time, he very justly observes, The end of playing, both at the Jirst, and now, was and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature. No one can deny, that violent passions will naturally emit harsh and disagreeable tones : yet this... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1853 - 658 pages
...was, to use his own admirable language, "from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror...to understand what we mean when we say that in the Mandrngola, Machiavelli has proved that he completely understood the nature of the dramatic art, and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...such indiscriminate prodigality was "from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror...Nature." This digression will enable our readers to onderstand what we mean when we say that, in the Mandragola, Machiavelli has proved that he completely... | |
 | Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...nature : for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form... | |
 | Uellner - 1857 - 152 pages
...just and proper expression. Shakespeare says in Hamlet „that the end of the drama, both at first and now, was, and is to hold, as it were, the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image and the very age and body of the time his form... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1859 - 768 pages
...such indiscriminate prodigality was "from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror...possessed talents which would have enabled him to excel in il. By the correct and vigorous delineation of human nature, it produces interest without a pleasing... | |
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... given Bardolph and Shallow as much wit as Prince Hal, and to have made Dogberry and Verges retort on each other in sparkling epigrams. But he knew... 
