Dissertations: English drama1894 - Dramatists, English |
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adverbs Akte Alchemisten alliteration Anstalt author besonders Bühne cases Cato Cervantes characters Coetus Comedy comic Custance dafs death Deutsch Dichter Direktor Drama dramatic employed England englischen ersten Estefania father Ferrex first foot Fletcher Fletcher's found fourth foot Französisch Friedrich Ludwig Schröders gemeine Brüche Geogr Geographie Geschichte give Grammatik great heart Herr Horaz humor instance Jahre jambus Jonson king last Latein Lehrbuch Lehrer Lesebuch life likewise lines London love Lustspiel Margarita measured full Merygreek Mordred name never Nicholas Udall nouns Oberlehrer Dr occur Ordinarius Ovid participles passages Perez Personen piece Planimetrie Plautus play plays poets Porrex preceded Ralph Roister Doister Realschule Religion Rule a Wife says Scene Schüler Schuljahr second Shakespeare sometimes spanischen Stdn Stücke Stunden syllable syncopated syncope Syphax taken third foot thou three time tragedy trochee true Udall unserer Unterricht Verron verse Volpone vowel whole Wiederholung words written year Zeichnen
Popular passages
Page 12 - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Page 18 - O, it will get us a huge deal of money, captain, and we have need on't; for this winter has made us all poorer than so many starved snakes: nobody comes at us, not a gentleman, nor a — Tuc.
Page 3 - Rule a Wife | And have a Wife. | A Comoedy. | Acted by his | Majesties Servants.
Page 10 - Thus the artists corrupted the spectators, and the spectators the artists, till the turpitude of the drama became such as must astonish all who are not aware that extreme relaxation, is the natural effect of extreme restraint, and that an age of hypocrisy is, in the regular course of things, followed by an age of impudence.
Page 27 - The intrigue of it is the greatest and most noble of any pure unmixed comedy in any language; you see in it many persons of various characters and humours, and all delightful.
Page 12 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Page 4 - In ten volumes. Collated with all the former editions, and corrected. With notes critical and explanatory.
Page 6 - I'll be divorced immediately. Leon. You shall not, You shall not have so much will to be wicked. I am more tender of your honour, Lady, And of your Age, you took me for a shadow ; You took me to gloss over your discredit, To be your Fool, you had thought you had found a Coxcomb ; I am innocent of any foul dishonour I mean to ye.
Page 18 - LYONS. [As the Title-page of Kirkman's book also bears witness to the great popularity of Bottom, &c., and is very curious, it is added here from the 410 copy.— PAL] THE WITS OR, SPORT upon SPORT. BEING A Curious Collection of feveral DROLS and FARCES...
Page 6 - But deeds, and language, such as men do use And persons, such as Comedy would choose, When she would show an Image of the times And sport with human follies not witVi.