The Dramatic Works of John Ford:: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory. In Two Volumes. ...John Murray, Albemarle Street. [Printed by C. Roworth and Sons, Bell Yard, Temple Bar.], 1831 |
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Page v
... mind enabled him to appreciate the higher beauties of their style and thoughts , and to catch every shade of feeling , and discriminate every variety of character , which could be found embodied in those noble works of the older time ...
... mind enabled him to appreciate the higher beauties of their style and thoughts , and to catch every shade of feeling , and discriminate every variety of character , which could be found embodied in those noble works of the older time ...
Page vi
... mind the uncompromising zeal and earnest devotion , with which , in times of pecu- liar difficulty and danger , he upheld the old insti- tutions as well as the old literature of his country , we shall be excused for saying that , though ...
... mind the uncompromising zeal and earnest devotion , with which , in times of pecu- liar difficulty and danger , he upheld the old insti- tutions as well as the old literature of his country , we shall be excused for saying that , though ...
Page xvii
... mind , we might almost be tempted to surmise , that the rest of the drama was of an earlier period than is here set down for it . The catastrophe , indeed the whole of the last act , is beautifully written , and exhibits a degree of ...
... mind , we might almost be tempted to surmise , that the rest of the drama was of an earlier period than is here set down for it . The catastrophe , indeed the whole of the last act , is beautifully written , and exhibits a degree of ...
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... mind habituated to deep and solemn musings , and formed by long and severe practice to a style of composition at once ardent and impressive . Of the poetry of this play in the more impas- sioned passages it is not easy to speak too ...
... mind habituated to deep and solemn musings , and formed by long and severe practice to a style of composition at once ardent and impressive . Of the poetry of this play in the more impas- sioned passages it is not easy to speak too ...
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... mind seems to have attained a cheerful tone and a sprightlier language ; yet this was apparently the last of his dramatic labours , and here he suddenly disappears from view . Much as has been said of the dramatic poets of Elizabeth and ...
... mind seems to have attained a cheerful tone and a sprightlier language ; yet this was apparently the last of his dramatic labours , and here he suddenly disappears from view . Much as has been said of the dramatic poets of Elizabeth and ...
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