 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 strani
...no noise, And yet the silent hypocrite destroys. You see, the last line is highly metaphorical, but it is so soft and gentle, that it does not shock us...in his own could have writ with our advantages, no inari but must have yielded to him ; and therefore I am confident the MEDEA is none of his : for, though... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 strani
...was Ovid ; he had a way of writing so fit to stir up a pleasing admiration and concernment, which arc the objects of a tragedy, and to shew the various...in his own could have writ with our advantages, no ON DRAMATICS FOF.SY. 6$ man but must have yielded to him ; and therefore I am confident the MEDEA is... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 strani
...objects of a tragedy, and to shew the various movements of a soul combating betwixt two dif' ferent passions, that, had he lived in our age, or in his own could have writ with our advantages, no ttian but must have yielded to him ; and therefore I am confident the MEDEA is none of his : for, though... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 strani
...concernment, which are the ohjects of a tragedy, and to show the various movements of a soul comhating hetwixt two different passions, that had he lived in our age, or in his own could have writ wtth our advantages, no man hut must have yielded to him ; and therefore I am confident the ' Medea... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 482 strani
...the ohjects of a tragedy, and to show the various movements of a soul comhating hetwixt twodifferent passions, that had he lived in our age, or in his own could have writ with our advantages, no man hut must havo yielded to him ; and therefore I am confident the " Medea " is none of his ; for though... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1880 - 1436 strani
...fit to stir up a pleasing admiration and concernment, which are the objects of tragedy, and to show the various movements of a soul combating betwixt...advantages, no man but must have yielded to him.' It is true that we are deprived of the best and more direct means of estimating Ovid's dramatic faculty... | |
 | John Dryden - 1889 - 176 strani
...genius most proper for the stage, was Ovid ; he had a way of writing so fit to stir up a pleasing 15 admiration and concernment, which are the objects...have writ with our advantages, no man but must have 20 yielded to him ; and therefore I am confident the Medea n is none of his : for, though I esteem... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1892 - 428 strani
...fit to stir up a pleasing admiration and concernment, which are the objects of a tragedy, and to show the various movements of a soul combating betwixt...for the gravity and sententiousness of it, which he * The insurrection in Scotland, in Charles i.'s time, inflamed Cleveland as much as the nation. We... | |
 | John Dryden - 1892 - 428 strani
...admiration and concernment, which are the objects of a tragedy, and to show the various movements of •fa soul combating betwixt two different passions, that...for the gravity and sententiousness of it, which he * The insurrection in Scotland, in Charles i.'s time, inflamed Cleveland as much as the nation. We... | |
 | Thomas Spencer Baynes - 1894 - 462 strani
...fit to stir up a pleasing admiration and concernment, which are the objects of tragedy, and to show the various movements of a soul combating betwixt...our advantages, no man but must have yielded to him ". It is true that we are deprived of the best and more direct means of estimating Ovid's dramatic... | |
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Though I see many excellent thoughts in Seneca, yet he, of them who had a genius most proper for the stage, was Ovid ; he had a' way of writing so fit to stir up a pleasing admiration and concernment, which are the objects of a tragedy, and to... 
