Sir Charles Sedley's Leben und Werke ...

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Stran 46 - Blushes, warm the Queen; Sedley has that prevailing gentle Art, That can with a resistless Pow'r impart The Loosest Wishes to the Chastest Heart; Raise such a Conflict, kindle such a Fire Betwixt declining Virtue and Desire, 'Till the poor vanquish'd Maid dissolves away In Dreams all Night, in Sighs and Tears all Day.
Stran 18 - lady that ever I saw in my life." — Auch nachdem die schauspielerinnen zum ersten male auf der bühne erschienen waren (3. Jan. 1661), konnte Kynaston gar wohl mit ihnen konkurrieren. Am 7. Jan. sieht ihn Pepys im „Silent Woman": „Among other things here, Kinaston the boy had the good turn to appear in three shapes:
Stran 18 - as a poor woman in ordinary clothes, to please Morose; then in fine clothes, as a gallant; and in them was clearly the prettiest woman in the whole house: and lastly, as a man; and then likewise did appear the handsomest man in the house. Während wir bisher sehr oft zuverlässiges material für unsere biographie bei Pepys') finden konnten,
Stran 10 - To Epsum, by eight o' clock, to the well, where much company. And to the towne to the King's Head; and hear that my Lord Buckhurst and Nelly are lodged at the next house, and Sir Charles Sedley with them: and keep a merry house
Stran 12 - by that means lost the pleasure of the play wholly, to which now and then Sir Charles Sedley's exceptions against both words and pronouncing were very pretty." — Wir sehen hieraus, dafs unser dichter auch als theaterbesucher den „Wit" und höfling der restaurationszeit nicht verleugnet. Da es für die anhänger des königs als ein „acte de loyaute
Stran 51 - verwahrt sich der dichter gegen den vorwurf, dafs seine liebesschwüre nicht Phillis, sondern ihrem vermögen gälten: Phillis, men say that all my vows Are to thy fortune paid; Alas my heart he little knows, Who thinks my love a trade. ') 1,4. Die
Stran 9 - that had something more than ordinary in them, he drew them about him, and set himself to corrupt them both in religion and morality; in which he proved so unhappily successful, that he left England much changed at his death from what he had found it at his restoration.
Stran 10 - that my Lord Arlington came thither [zur audienz beim könig], and would not give him audience, or could not; which is true, for it was the night that I was there and saw the King go up to his chamber and was told that the King had been drinking.
Stran 91 - l'honneur seul m'engage, et que pour terminer Je ne veux que celui de vaincre et pardonner, — Caesar ruft dem Photinus zu (ibid.): Thou hast the pow'r of pard'ning from me ta'en, And empty wishes now alone remain. Hence, from my sight! since blasted is by thee The fairest fruit of all my victory. An die nebenhandlung schliefst Sedley zwei scenen
Stran 53 - tis true, needs not the aid Of sighs or oaths to make it known; And, to convince the cruel'st maid, Lovers should use their love alone: Into their very looks 'twill steal; And he that most would hide his flame, Does in that case his pain reveal; Silence

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