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 xxvii
... speak too favour- ably ; it is in truth too seductive for the subject , and flings a soft and soothing light over what , in its natural state would glare with salutary and repulsive horror . " The Broken Heart " was given to the press ...
... speak too favour- ably ; it is in truth too seductive for the subject , and flings a soft and soothing light over what , in its natural state would glare with salutary and repulsive horror . " The Broken Heart " was given to the press ...
Page xxix
... speaking not licentious , were little polished by the collison of good society , which , indeed , could then be scarcely said to exist . Our poet , however , entertained no misgivings of this kind ; he seems , on the contrary , to have ...
... speaking not licentious , were little polished by the collison of good society , which , indeed , could then be scarcely said to exist . Our poet , however , entertained no misgivings of this kind ; he seems , on the contrary , to have ...
Page xxxvi
... speaking , they stand insulated and alone , and draw , each in his station , from their own stores . Whether it be , that poetry in that age " Wanton'd as in its prime , and play'd at will ' Its virgin fancies , ” - or that some other ...
... speaking , they stand insulated and alone , and draw , each in his station , from their own stores . Whether it be , that poetry in that age " Wanton'd as in its prime , and play'd at will ' Its virgin fancies , ” - or that some other ...
Page xxxviii
... speaking , this may be admitted ; but , in justice to the poet , it should be added that he was not insensible to the power of friendship , and in more than one of his dramas has delineated it with a master - hand . Had the critic ...
... speaking , this may be admitted ; but , in justice to the poet , it should be added that he was not insensible to the power of friendship , and in more than one of his dramas has delineated it with a master - hand . Had the critic ...
Page 50
... Speak me a child . Men . O , princely sir , your hand . Amet . Perform your duties , where you owe them first ; I dare not be so sudden in the pleasures Thy presence hath brought home . Soph . Here thou still find'st A friend as noble ...
... Speak me a child . Men . O , princely sir , your hand . Amet . Perform your duties , where you owe them first ; I dare not be so sudden in the pleasures Thy presence hath brought home . Soph . Here thou still find'st A friend as noble ...
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