Comedies of Plautus: Amphitruo, Amphitryon. Miles Gloriosus. CaptiviT. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1769 |
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Sayfa v
... once a proof of his regard and good opinion . In confequence of my having advertised this defign , I had a still farther incitement to pro- ceed in it ; as a † gentleman , to whom I was then a stranger , was pleafed to decline all * The ...
... once a proof of his regard and good opinion . In confequence of my having advertised this defign , I had a still farther incitement to pro- ceed in it ; as a † gentleman , to whom I was then a stranger , was pleafed to decline all * The ...
Sayfa xiv
... once ; or he imagined his readers and his audience had too limited a difcernment to understand them at once ... But what gives me the most concern is the little regard he has to * probability . Instead of meafuring the time by the ...
... once ; or he imagined his readers and his audience had too limited a difcernment to understand them at once ... But what gives me the most concern is the little regard he has to * probability . Instead of meafuring the time by the ...
Sayfa 4
... once upon the sub- ject by introducing Sofia as in the Latin and French , which in the English is poftponed to the opening of the second act . Befides , he brings in not only Mercury and Night , but Phæbus also , and Jupiter , for no ...
... once upon the sub- ject by introducing Sofia as in the Latin and French , which in the English is poftponed to the opening of the second act . Befides , he brings in not only Mercury and Night , but Phæbus also , and Jupiter , for no ...
Sayfa 10
... once he loves . He for Alcmena entertain'd a paffion 115 120 125 Unknown unto the husband , and poffefs'd her , 130 V. 109. ] This is palpably an allufion to fome play or other , that was well known to the audience ; but whether it was ...
... once he loves . He for Alcmena entertain'd a paffion 115 120 125 Unknown unto the husband , and poffefs'd her , 130 V. 109. ] This is palpably an allufion to fome play or other , that was well known to the audience ; but whether it was ...
Sayfa 18
... once juft and elegant . Yet how coarsely has Dryden expreffed himself in imitation of them ! - " Well ! the ἐσ greatest plague of a ferving man is to be hired to fome great " lord . They care not what drudgery they put upon us , while ...
... once juft and elegant . Yet how coarsely has Dryden expreffed himself in imitation of them ! - " Well ! the ἐσ greatest plague of a ferving man is to be hired to fome great " lord . They care not what drudgery they put upon us , while ...
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Afide Alcmena alfo allufion AMPH Amphitryon ancients ARIST aſk Author Becauſe beſt BLEPH Blepharo BRAGGARD CAPTAIN buſineſs captive COLMAN comedies door Echard expreffion facrifice faid fame father feem fenfe fent Ferneze fervant fervice fhall fignifies fince firſt flave fome ftill ftrange fuch fuppofe fure give Gods heav'n Hegio himſelf houſe humour huſband inftant Jove juft Jupiter juſt leaſt loft maſter means MERC Mercury miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf No-MAN obferved occafion original paffage Palaftrio Parafite perfon PERIPLECTOMENES PHIL Philocomafium Philocrates Plautus play pleaſure PLEU prefent preferve Prithee Prologue purpoſe PYRG reafon refpect ſay Sceledrus SCENE ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhould ſlave Sofia ſpeak ſuppoſed Teleboans tell Terence thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflation troth TYND Tyndarus underſtand uſed wife word yourſelf
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Sayfa 12 - I could not easily pardon the liberty the poet has taken of larding his play with, not only indecent expressions, but such gross words, as I don't think our mob would suffer from a mountebank.
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Sayfa 9 - Having translated, call'd COMMORIENTES. In the beginning of the Grecian play There is a youth, who rends a girl perforce From a procurer : and this incident, Untouch'd by Plautus, render'd word for word, Has our bard interwoven with his Brothers — The new piece which we represent to-day. Say then if this be theft, or honest use Of what remained unoccupied.
Sayfa 82 - Of ev'ry thing ; but arc not. These I follow ; Not for their sport and laughter, but for gain To laugh with them, and wonder at their parts : Whate'er they say, I praise it; if again They contradict, I praise that too : does any Deny ? I too deny : affirm ? I too Affirm : and in a word, I've brought myself To say, unsay, swear, and forswear, at pleasure: And that is now the best of all professions.
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