Les sources du théâtre anglais à l'époque de la restauration

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Librairie générale de droit & de jurisprudence, 1906 - 167 Seiten
 

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Seite 161 - While to his harp divine Arion sings The loves and conquests of our Albion kings ; Of the fourth Edward was his noble song, Fierce, goodly, valiant, beautiful and young ; He rent the crown from vanquished Henry's head, Raised the white rose, and trampled on the red, Till love triumphing o'er the victor's pride, Brought Mars and Warwick to the conquered side...
Seite 160 - WHERE'ER thy navy spreads her canvas wings, Homage to thee, and peace to all she brings; The French and Spaniard, when thy flags appear, Forget their hatred, and consent to fear. So Jove from Ida did both hosts survey, And when he pleased to thunder, part the fray. Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped, The mightiest still upon the smallest fed...
Seite 156 - BLIND love, to this hour, Had never, like me, a slave under his power. Then blest be the dart That he threw at my heart, For nothing can prove A joy so great as to be wounded with love.
Seite 27 - This sweetness of Mr. Waller's lyric poesy was afterwards followed in the epic by Sir John Denham, in his Cooper's Hill, a poem which your Lordship knows for the majesty of the style, is, and ever will be, the exact standard of good writing.
Seite 51 - A JUST AND LIVELY IMAGE OF HUMAN NATURE, REPRESENTING ITS PASSIONS AND HUMOURS; AND THE CHANGES OF FORTUNE, TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT: FOR THE DELIGHT AND INSTRUCTION OF MANKIND.
Seite 36 - The King had little or no literature, but true and good sense, and had got a right notion of style; for he was in France at a time when they were much set on reforming their language. It soon appeared that he had a true taste. So this helped to raise the value of these men, when the King approved of the style their discourses generally ran in, which was clear, plain, and short.
Seite 122 - But of late years Moliere, the younger Corneille, Quinault, and some others, have been imitating afar off the quick turns and graces of the English stage. They have mixed their serious plays with mirth, like our tragi-comedies, since the death of Cardinal Richelieu...
Seite 51 - A just and lively image of human nature, representing its passions and humours, and the changes of fortune to which it is subject, for the delight and instruction of mankind.
Seite 157 - N'a jamais eu d'amant plus heureux que moi; Béni soit son flambeau, Son carquois, son bandeau ! Je suis amoureux, Et le ciel ne voit point d'amant plus heureux.

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