The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Essays on chivalry, romance, and the dramaR.Cadell, 1834 |
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Pàgina 14
... moral code of reli- gion , by a double portion of zeal for its abstract doctrines . In the middle ages , this course might be pursued on system : for the church allowed an ex- ploit done on the infidels as a merit which might obliterate ...
... moral code of reli- gion , by a double portion of zeal for its abstract doctrines . In the middle ages , this course might be pursued on system : for the church allowed an ex- ploit done on the infidels as a merit which might obliterate ...
Pàgina 23
... moral union preceded the mere intercourse of the sexes . The marriages formed under these wise auspi- ces were , in general , happy and affectionate.- " Adultery , " says Tacitus , " was infrequent , and punished with the utmost rigour ...
... moral union preceded the mere intercourse of the sexes . The marriages formed under these wise auspi- ces were , in general , happy and affectionate.- " Adultery , " says Tacitus , " was infrequent , and punished with the utmost rigour ...
Pàgina 106
... de- cay and extinction of Chivalry . The spirit of Chivalry sunk gradually under a combination of physical and moral causes ; the first arising from the change gradually introduced into the art of 106 ESSAY ON CHIVALRY .
... de- cay and extinction of Chivalry . The spirit of Chivalry sunk gradually under a combination of physical and moral causes ; the first arising from the change gradually introduced into the art of 106 ESSAY ON CHIVALRY .
Pàgina 114
... moral severity with which they pass censure on the books of Chivalry , with the licentious flippancy of Brantome , who ridicules the same works , on account of the very virtues which they inculcate . From the books of Ama- dis de Gaul ...
... moral severity with which they pass censure on the books of Chivalry , with the licentious flippancy of Brantome , who ridicules the same works , on account of the very virtues which they inculcate . From the books of Ama- dis de Gaul ...
Pàgina 115
... moral reformer , and a skilful and brave soldier as France ever produced , although condemn- ing all war that did not spring out of absolute necessity , with those of Brantome , a licentious cour- tier , who mixed the Popish ...
... moral reformer , and a skilful and brave soldier as France ever produced , although condemn- ing all war that did not spring out of absolute necessity , with those of Brantome , a licentious cour- tier , who mixed the Popish ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 349 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth : — For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings; Carry them here and there ; jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hour-glass...
Pàgina 349 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object : Can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France ? or may we cram Within this wooden 0, the very casques, That did affright the air at Agincourt...
Pàgina 356 - I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played, but now the old plays began to disgust this refined age, since his Majesties being so long abroad.
Pàgina 285 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Pàgina 367 - I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph ; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Pàgina 367 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine, which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them.
Pàgina 288 - Afric of the other, and so many other under-kingdoms, that the player, when he comes in, must ever begin with telling where he is, or else the tale will not be conceived?
Pàgina 282 - But, besides these gross absurdities, how all their plays be neither right tragedies nor right comedies, mingling kings and clowns, not because the matter so carrieth it, but thrust in the clown by head and shoulders to play a part in majestical matters, with neither decency nor discretion; so as neither the admiration and commiseration, nor the right sportfulness, is by their mongrel tragi-comedy obtained.
Pàgina 288 - Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the meantime two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Pàgina 313 - It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality, that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited.