The Dramatic Works of John Ford: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 - English drama |
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Page xv
... 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 imbodied 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 imbodied in those noble works of the older time ...
Page xvi
... mind the uncompromising zeal and earnest devotion with which , in times of peculiar difficulty and danger , he upheld the old institutions as well as the old litera- ture of his country , we shall be excused for saying that , though men ...
... mind the uncompromising zeal and earnest devotion with which , in times of peculiar difficulty and danger , he upheld the old institutions as well as the old litera- ture of his country , we shall be excused for saying that , though men ...
Page xxvi
... 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 ...
Page xxvii
... 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 ...
Page xxxvi
... 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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