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Article HISTORICAL DEDUCTION OF THE BRITISH DRAMA. ← Page 4 of 4 Article THE SPEECH OF COUNT T****, Page 1 of 2 →
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Historical Deduction Of The British Drama.
the perceptions of his Critics , that he gives Us Plays professedly written in imitation of SHAKSPERE ' s stile , without one trace that the Imitator had ever read a single Play of that Poet in his whole existence . ROVVE ' Characters have an artificial pompous diction common to them all—And so bad a mirrour of life is . 'he page of Rows , that there four consecutive lines in
are no any of his Tragedies , which any human being could be supposed under any circumstances to have uttered . If it be asked by what means the modern Drama has acquired a bolder character ? the answer will be , through the frequent publications and the ccmmentators of SHAKSPERE ' Works . The endeavor successfull exerted to elucidate
so y his ori ginal expression , lapsed into disuse , has brought about a more general acquaintance with our ancient stores of language—We estimate properly the weighty eloquence of that diction , which defies the feebleness of paraphrase . When GRAY the Poet wrote upon the pre-eminence of this language , he ingeniously desires a Modern to attempt a translation of R ' first into the
ICHARDS Soliloquy fashionable phraseology . r With the st yle of SHAKSPERE , we have admitted latterly the quantity of business which employs his characters , and which indeed seems so congenial to our National temper and feelings , that we are not apprehensive of any change for that which may be styled the declamatory Drama—a species which by long-spun harangues seeks to smother the poverty of plot imposed b y the preservation of the unities .
_ In this taste are written the CARMELITE , the REGENT , and the pieces of ^ the younger COLMAN . Our Comed y preserves it ' s former French sentiment , with an infusion of humour so intoxicated , that Nature seems under the impulse of a paralysis , and the Actor most commonl y look ' s to be seized with the disorder termed St Virus ' s dance . THESPIS .
The Speech Of Count T****,
THE SPEECH OF COUNT T **** ,
AT THE INITIATION OF HIS SON INTO MASONRY . DEAR SON , I CONGRATULATE you on your admission into the most ancient and perhaps the most respectable Society in the universe . To you the mysteries of Masonry are about to be revealed , and so bright a sun never shed it ' s lustre on your eyes . In this awful moment , when prostrate at this holy altar , do you not shudder at every crime , and have you not confidence in every virtue ? May
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historical Deduction Of The British Drama.
the perceptions of his Critics , that he gives Us Plays professedly written in imitation of SHAKSPERE ' s stile , without one trace that the Imitator had ever read a single Play of that Poet in his whole existence . ROVVE ' Characters have an artificial pompous diction common to them all—And so bad a mirrour of life is . 'he page of Rows , that there four consecutive lines in
are no any of his Tragedies , which any human being could be supposed under any circumstances to have uttered . If it be asked by what means the modern Drama has acquired a bolder character ? the answer will be , through the frequent publications and the ccmmentators of SHAKSPERE ' Works . The endeavor successfull exerted to elucidate
so y his ori ginal expression , lapsed into disuse , has brought about a more general acquaintance with our ancient stores of language—We estimate properly the weighty eloquence of that diction , which defies the feebleness of paraphrase . When GRAY the Poet wrote upon the pre-eminence of this language , he ingeniously desires a Modern to attempt a translation of R ' first into the
ICHARDS Soliloquy fashionable phraseology . r With the st yle of SHAKSPERE , we have admitted latterly the quantity of business which employs his characters , and which indeed seems so congenial to our National temper and feelings , that we are not apprehensive of any change for that which may be styled the declamatory Drama—a species which by long-spun harangues seeks to smother the poverty of plot imposed b y the preservation of the unities .
_ In this taste are written the CARMELITE , the REGENT , and the pieces of ^ the younger COLMAN . Our Comed y preserves it ' s former French sentiment , with an infusion of humour so intoxicated , that Nature seems under the impulse of a paralysis , and the Actor most commonl y look ' s to be seized with the disorder termed St Virus ' s dance . THESPIS .
The Speech Of Count T****,
THE SPEECH OF COUNT T **** ,
AT THE INITIATION OF HIS SON INTO MASONRY . DEAR SON , I CONGRATULATE you on your admission into the most ancient and perhaps the most respectable Society in the universe . To you the mysteries of Masonry are about to be revealed , and so bright a sun never shed it ' s lustre on your eyes . In this awful moment , when prostrate at this holy altar , do you not shudder at every crime , and have you not confidence in every virtue ? May