The Falls of Clyde: Or, The Fairies; a Scotish Dramatic Pastoral, in Five Acts. With Three Preliminary DissertationsW. Creech, 1806 - Всего страниц: 241 |
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... object of that distinguished class of men , who , according to Hecataeus , an old Greek writer , ought to be possessed of α deλnga , many soothing tales ; the name Trou- badours , or inventors , shews the sentiments of the mid- dle ages ...
... object of that distinguished class of men , who , according to Hecataeus , an old Greek writer , ought to be possessed of α deλnga , many soothing tales ; the name Trou- badours , or inventors , shews the sentiments of the mid- dle ages ...
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... object , or attempting to account for the phenomena of nature : It arose perhaps from their solitude , and wild ... objects leaves in the mind . The imagination blends itself with the reality , the wonderful with the natural , the ...
... object , or attempting to account for the phenomena of nature : It arose perhaps from their solitude , and wild ... objects leaves in the mind . The imagination blends itself with the reality , the wonderful with the natural , the ...
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... object of this introduc- tory essay , which is to justify my adoption of the Scot- ish dialect in the following Drama : And this apology will rest on two propositions which , as they may be re- pugnant to the opinions of the English ...
... object of this introduc- tory essay , which is to justify my adoption of the Scot- ish dialect in the following Drama : And this apology will rest on two propositions which , as they may be re- pugnant to the opinions of the English ...
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... but also by the circumstance of its being admirably adapted for a description of the external scenery of the country . When men are acquainted only with a few objects , these few are examined with great attention , 24.
... but also by the circumstance of its being admirably adapted for a description of the external scenery of the country . When men are acquainted only with a few objects , these few are examined with great attention , 24.
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... objects , these few are examined with great attention , and every variation of them is expressed by a new term . Thus , in Lapland , the rein - deer has about a dozen of names ; a rein - deer of four years of age having a different name ...
... objects , these few are examined with great attention , and every variation of them is expressed by a new term . Thus , in Lapland , the rein - deer has about a dozen of names ; a rein - deer of four years of age having a different name ...
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Стр. 103 - Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the Moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the Earth Wheels her pale course; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Стр. 56 - That strain again ! — it had a dying fall : Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets, ( Stealing and giving odour !— Enough ; no more ; ( 'Tis not so sweet now, as it was before.
Стр. 84 - Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig-tree putteth forth her green ligs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Стр. 5 - ... with the characters and actions of such persons as have, many of them, no existence but what he bestows on them. Such are fairies, witches, magicians, demons, and departed spirits. This Mr. Dryden calls "the fairy way of writing...
Стр. 45 - Above all, such are their terrible graces of magic and enchantment, so magnificently marvelous are their fictions and fablings, that they contribute in a wonderful degree to rouse and invigorate all the powers of imagination, to store the fancy with those sublime and alarming images which true poetry best delights to display.
Стр. 36 - But love is only one of many passions, and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet, who caught his ideas from the living world, and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew, that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.
Стр. 47 - Description) as she does in the Scottish Horizon. We are not carried to Greece or Italy for a Shade, a Stream or a Breeze. The Groves rise in our own Valleys; the Rivers flow from our own Fountains, and the Winds blow upon our own Hills.
Стр. 54 - ... more rhyming couplets are found, than in all the plays composed subsequently to that year, which have been named his late productions.
Стр. 36 - It is not (replied our philosopher) because they treat, as you call it, about love, but because they treat of nothing, that they are despicable : we must not ridicule a passion which he who never felt never was happy, and he who laughs at never deserves to feel — a passion which has caused the change of empires, and the loss of worlds — a passion which has inspired heroism and subdued avarice.
Стр. 29 - ... to their minds the interesting scenes of infancy and youth — to awaken many pleasing, many tender recollections. Literary men, residing at Edinburgh or Aberdeen, cannot judge on this point for one hundred and fifty thousand of their expatriated countrymen...