Criticisms and Dramatic Essays, of the English StageG. Routledge and Company, 1851 - 324 psl. |
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... force , the sentence of the public . The victims of criticism , like the victims of the law , bear no good will to their executioners ; and I confess I have often been heartily tired of so thankless an office . What I have said of any ...
... force , the sentence of the public . The victims of criticism , like the victims of the law , bear no good will to their executioners ; and I confess I have often been heartily tired of so thankless an office . What I have said of any ...
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... force and depth . A general and speculative interest absorbs the cor- ròding poison , and takes out the sting of our more circumscribed and fiercer passions . We are become public creatures : " are embowelled of our natural entrails ...
... force and depth . A general and speculative interest absorbs the cor- ròding poison , and takes out the sting of our more circumscribed and fiercer passions . We are become public creatures : " are embowelled of our natural entrails ...
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... force and direction to them must be stamped with the utmost distinctness and vividness in every line . Within the circle of dra- matic character and natural passion , each individual is to feel as keenly , as profoundly , as rapidly as ...
... force and direction to them must be stamped with the utmost distinctness and vividness in every line . Within the circle of dra- matic character and natural passion , each individual is to feel as keenly , as profoundly , as rapidly as ...
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... force ; but it is all in one direction , mechanical and uniform . By its help , he weaves gigantic figures , and unfolds ter- rific situations ; but they are like the cloudy pageantry that hangs over the edge of day , and the prodigious ...
... force ; but it is all in one direction , mechanical and uniform . By its help , he weaves gigantic figures , and unfolds ter- rific situations ; but they are like the cloudy pageantry that hangs over the edge of day , and the prodigious ...
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... force of passion , in discrimination and originality , we see no inferiority to any one on the part of Mr. Kean ; but there is an insignificance of figure , and a hoarseness of voice , that necessarily vulgarize , or diminish our idea ...
... force of passion , in discrimination and originality , we see no inferiority to any one on the part of Mr. Kean ; but there is an insignificance of figure , and a hoarseness of voice , that necessarily vulgarize , or diminish our idea ...
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