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... called the chil- dren of Thespis . Susarion and Thespis were both born at Icaria in Attica ; each appeared at the head of a company of actors , the one on a kind of stage , the other in a cart . Susarion , who attacked the vices and ...
... called the chil- dren of Thespis . Susarion and Thespis were both born at Icaria in Attica ; each appeared at the head of a company of actors , the one on a kind of stage , the other in a cart . Susarion , who attacked the vices and ...
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... called the new comedy in Greece , which , if inferior to the old in strength and fire , far exceeded it in deli- cacy , regularity , and decorum , came nearer to nature , and to what we conceive of the legitimate drama . Among his ...
... called the new comedy in Greece , which , if inferior to the old in strength and fire , far exceeded it in deli- cacy , regularity , and decorum , came nearer to nature , and to what we conceive of the legitimate drama . Among his ...
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... called circys , set apart for the women . The Athenians being thus exposed to the weather , came usually with great cloaks , to secure them from the rain or the cold ; and for defence against the sun , they had the sciadion , a kind of ...
... called circys , set apart for the women . The Athenians being thus exposed to the weather , came usually with great cloaks , to secure them from the rain or the cold ; and for defence against the sun , they had the sciadion , a kind of ...
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... called ludi scenici , because they were acted in a shade formed by the branches and leaves of trees . They originally consisted of little more than dances to the sound of a flute , without either singing or acting . These were performed ...
... called ludi scenici , because they were acted in a shade formed by the branches and leaves of trees . They originally consisted of little more than dances to the sound of a flute , without either singing or acting . These were performed ...
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... called the scena round at pleasure . There are three entrances for the actors , all in front ; and behind the stage were the dressing rooms . This theatre is built on the side of a hill , according to the custom of the Greeks ; and on ...
... called the scena round at pleasure . There are three entrances for the actors , all in front ; and behind the stage were the dressing rooms . This theatre is built on the side of a hill , according to the custom of the Greeks ; and on ...
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Page 106 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 86 - Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 126 - I have only made it a little easy, and modern for the times, sir, that's all. As for the Hellespont, I imagine our Thames here; and then Leander I make a dyer's son about Puddle- wharf : and Hero a wench o...
Page 34 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended ; and, I think, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought 105 No better a musician than the wren.
Page 111 - Reason thus with life : If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep. A breath thou art (Servile to all the skyey influences) That dost this habitation, where thou keep'st, Hourly afflict.
Page 135 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Page 168 - is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy ; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrows and the fascination of evil thoughts.
Page 74 - She was so well pleased with that admirable character of Falstaff, in The Two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for one play more, and to shew him in love. This is said to be the occasion of his writing The Merry Wives of Windsor.
Page 5 - A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold. As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of music with pleasant wine.
Page 127 - Noah and his family coming out of the ark, with all the beasts two by two, and all the fowls of the air seen in a prospect sitting upon trees; likewise over the ark is seen the sun rising in a most glorious manner : moreover, a multitude of angels will be seen in a double rank, which presents a double prospect, one for the sun, the other for a palace, where will be seen six angels ringing of bells.