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... court , not the people , were paramount on Parnassus , and town and court alike were subjected to French influence . But , I believe , after all , that the principal reason why so little has been told of our old dramatists is - that ...
... court , not the people , were paramount on Parnassus , and town and court alike were subjected to French influence . But , I believe , after all , that the principal reason why so little has been told of our old dramatists is - that ...
Page xiv
... court to which the theatres were indebted for their toleration , was insufficient to prevent the most flagrant invasions of the sanctity of much of this Aristophanic licence was extemporal , and inserted at the discretion of the actors ...
... court to which the theatres were indebted for their toleration , was insufficient to prevent the most flagrant invasions of the sanctity of much of this Aristophanic licence was extemporal , and inserted at the discretion of the actors ...
Page xv
... court , as a negress . I doubt whether the most enthusiastic amies des noirs among our modern beauties , would willingly undergo such a transformation . What would the Age say , if our gracious Queen should play such a frolic ? This ...
... court , as a negress . I doubt whether the most enthusiastic amies des noirs among our modern beauties , would willingly undergo such a transformation . What would the Age say , if our gracious Queen should play such a frolic ? This ...
Page xvi
... court was the express duty of an officer invested with extraordinary powers , the composition of a poem adapted to scenic representation could hardly have been discreditable per se . Was it discreditable to Sackville to have written ...
... court was the express duty of an officer invested with extraordinary powers , the composition of a poem adapted to scenic representation could hardly have been discreditable per se . Was it discreditable to Sackville to have written ...
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... court or of the nobility ) . The Queen adopted the Earl of Worcester's players , and Prince Henry's name was bestowed on those of the Earl of Nottingham . Plays , as well as masques , were performed at court , and in great houses , on ...
... court or of the nobility ) . The Queen adopted the Earl of Worcester's players , and Prince Henry's name was bestowed on those of the Earl of Nottingham . Plays , as well as masques , were performed at court , and in great houses , on ...
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Page xxv - UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, SIDNEY'S sister, PEMBROKE'S mother ; Death ! ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page li - The tears into his eyes were brought. And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. — I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.
Page lvi - Amid the groves, under the shadowy hills, The generations are prepared ; the pangs, The internal pangs, are ready ; the dread strife Of poor humanity's afflicted will Struggling in vain with ruthless destiny.
Page 37 - A lightless sulphur, chok'd with smoky fogs Of an infected darkness ; in this place Dwell many thousand thousand sundry sorts Of never-dying deaths ; there damned souls Roar without pity ; there are gluttons fed With toads and adders ; there is burning oil Pour'd down the drunkard's throat ; the usurer Is forc'd to sup whole draughts of molten gold...
Page 7 - No, my dear lady ; I could weary stars, And force the wakeful moon to lose her eyes, By my late watching, but to wait on you. When at your prayers you kneel before the altar, Methinks I'm singing with some quire in heaven, So blest I hold me in your company...
Page xli - Nay, their endeavour keeps in the wonted pace: but there is, sir, an aery of children, little eyases, that cry out on the top of question, and are most tyrannically clapped for 't: these are now the fashion, and so berattle the common stages (so they call them) that many wearing rapiers are afraid of goose-quills, and dare scarce come thither.
Page 191 - When did she flourish so, as when she was The mistress of the ocean, her navies Putting a girdle round about the world ? When the Iberian quaked, her worthies named; And the fair flower-de-luce grew pale, set by The red rose and the white...
Page 292 - Furn. No matter whom : yet, now I think on it, I am angry with my lady. Watch. Heaven forbid, man ! Ord. What cause has she given thee ? Furn. Cause enough, master steward. I was entertained by her to please her palate, And, till she forswore eating, I perform'd it. Now, since our master, noble Allworth, died...
Page 304 - But I'll make it no wonder ; And what is more, unfold my nature to you. We worldly men, when we see friends and kinsmen, Past hope sunk in their fortunes, lend no hand To lift them up, but rather set our feet Upon their heads, to press them to the bottom...
Page 328 - Compar'd with thee, are shadows, thou the substance And guardian of felicity. No marvel, My brother made thy place of rest his bosom, Thou being the keeper of his heart, a mistress To be hugg'd ever. In by-corners of This sacred room, silver, in bags heap'd up, Like billets saw'd and ready for the fire, Unworthy to hold fellowship with bright gold, That flow'd about the room, conceal'd itself. There needs no artificial light, the splendour Makes a perpetual day there, night and darkness By that still-burning...