 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1889 - 324 sayfa
...tells us, that on September 29, 1662, "he went to the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer Ni^hfs Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever...again, for it is the most insipid, ridiculous play that I ever saw in my life." In no part of his Diary is there any mention of Milton or his poems. Mortals... | |
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1889 - 298 sayfa
...September 29, 1662, "he went to the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer Night's {¡ream, which 1 hail never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid, ridiculous play that I ever saw in my life." In no part of his Diary is there any mention of Milton or his poems. Mortals... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Edwin Austin Abbey - 1889 - 234 sayfa
...T1TAN1A. 338 HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Mr. Pepys, as we know, thought the Midsummer -Night's Dream "the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." Indeed, Mr. Pepys lived in another world than Shakespeare's, and perhaps the piece is too ethereal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1890 - 144 sayfa
...in his Diary, under date September 29, I662: "To the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer-Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever...insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." Shakespeare wrote A Midsummer-Night's Dream at a time of his life when fancy was strong, and a sense... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1891 - 398 sayfa
...heard." Not long after he went to poiue world the King's Theatre, where, he says, " we saw ' Midsummer Night's Dream,' which I had never seen before, nor...insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." In 1676, in going to Deptford by water, he read " Othello, Moor of Venice," which, he continues, "... | |
 | Robert William Lowe - 1891 - 212 sayfa
...Dream, which Pepys saw on Michaelmas Day, 1662, received very short shrift. " We saw Midsummer Nights Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever...insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." We may guess that the play was produced for the sake of the show and spectacle that could be introduced... | |
 | William S. Walsh - 1892 - 1116 sayfa
...name or day, while with " A Midsummer Night's Dream" he was so dissatisfied that he would never see it again, " for it is the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." Evidently he deemed it even worse than " Romeo and Juliet." But Pepys only reflected the taste of his... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 sayfa
...name or day, while with " A Midsummer Night's Dream" he was so dissatisfied that he would never see it again, " for it is the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." Evidently he deemed it even worse than " Romeo and Juliet." But Pepys only reflected the taste of his... | |
 | Frank Archer - 1892 - 284 sayfa
...of Windsor " did not " please him at all in no part of it," and "The Midsummer Night's Dream " was " the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." " Macbeth " impressed him at first as being only " a pretty good play," but after frequent visits to... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 sayfa
...staid till the Duke was ready. It being Collar-day, we had no time to talk with him about any business. To the King's Theatre, where we saw " Midsummer's...insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. October 2. At night hearing that there was a play at the Cockpit (and my Lord Sandwich, who come to... | |
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Dream," which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. 
