Lives of the Novelists, Volume 1Carey & Lea, 1825 - 4 pages |
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... stage in hasty succession ; and play after play , to the number of eighteen , sunk or swam on the theatrical sea betwixt the years 1727 and 1736. None of these are now known or read , excepting the mock - tragedy of Tom Thumb , the ...
... stage in hasty succession ; and play after play , to the number of eighteen , sunk or swam on the theatrical sea betwixt the years 1727 and 1736. None of these are now known or read , excepting the mock - tragedy of Tom Thumb , the ...
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... stage nor scene - painter , nor company of comedians , nor dresser , nor wardrobe : words , applied with the best of his skill , must supply all that these bring to the assistance of the dramatist . Action , and tone , and gesture , the ...
... stage nor scene - painter , nor company of comedians , nor dresser , nor wardrobe : words , applied with the best of his skill , must supply all that these bring to the assistance of the dramatist . Action , and tone , and gesture , the ...
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... stage , where the very qualities most ex- cellent in a novelist are out of place , and an impedi- ment to success . Description and narration , which form the very essence of the novel , must be very spa- ringly introduced into dramatic ...
... stage , where the very qualities most ex- cellent in a novelist are out of place , and an impedi- ment to success . Description and narration , which form the very essence of the novel , must be very spa- ringly introduced into dramatic ...
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... stage . We have noticed that , until the year 1737 , or there- abouts , Fielding lived the life of a man of wit and pleasure about town , seeking and finding amusement in scenes of gaiety and dissipation , and discharging the expense ...
... stage . We have noticed that , until the year 1737 , or there- abouts , Fielding lived the life of a man of wit and pleasure about town , seeking and finding amusement in scenes of gaiety and dissipation , and discharging the expense ...
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... stage , and put an end to that proneness to personal and politi- cal satire , which had been fostered by the success of Gay's Beggar's Opera . This measure ' was the discre- tionary power vested in the Lord Chamberlain of re- fusing a ...
... stage , and put an end to that proneness to personal and politi- cal satire , which had been fostered by the success of Gay's Beggar's Opera . This measure ' was the discre- tionary power vested in the Lord Chamberlain of re- fusing a ...
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Page 169 - It having been observed that there was little hospitality in London : JOHNSON. "Nay, Sir, any man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London. The man Sterne, I have been told, has had engagements for three months.
Page 169 - If my enemies knew, that by this rage of abuse, and ill-will, they were effectually serving the interests both of myself, and works, they would be more quiet — but it has been the fate of my betters, who have found, that the way to fame, is like the way to heaven — through much tribulation...
Page 4 - I am sorry for H. Fielding's death, not only as I shall read no more of his writings, but I believe he lost more than others, as no man enjoyed life more than he did, though few had less reason to do so, the highest of his preferment being raking in the lowest sinks of vice and misery.
Page 240 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly hous'd save bats and owls! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley ; Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Page 152 - He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in his heart.
Page 34 - In this situation, as I could not conquer Nature, I submitted entirely to her, and she made as great a fool of me as she had ever done of any woman whatsoever: under pretence of giving me leave to enjoy, she drew me in to suffer the company of my little ones during eight hours ; and I doubt not whether, in that time, I did not undergo more than in all my distemper.
Page 230 - Udolpho.' Emily gazed with melancholy awe upon the castle, which she understood to be Montoni's; for, though it was now lighted up by the setting sun, the gothic greatness of its features, and its mouldering walls of dark grey stone, rendered it a gloomy and sublime object. As she gazed, the light died away on its walls, leaving a melancholy purple tint, which spread deeper and deeper, as the thin vapour crept up the mountain, whilethe battlements above were still tipped with splendour.
Page 17 - Poor Fielding ! I could not help telling his sister, that I was equally surprised at and concerned for his continued lowness. Had your brother...
Page 39 - And curse those councils which they praise; Would you not wonder, sir, to view Your bard a greater man than you ? Which that he is, you cannot doubt, When you have read the sequel out. You know, great sir, that ancient fellows, Philosophers, and such folks, tell us, No great analogy between Greatness and happiness is seen.
Page 217 - ... heads turn wild with impossible adventures ; and now and then are tainted with democracy. Not so the mighty magician of The Mysteries of Udolpho, bred and- nourished by the Florentine muses in their sacred solitary...