The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 12John Murray, 1832 |
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Page 46
... writing and manage- ment , it must be owned that , if Lord Byron has most sense and vigour , Otway has by far the most passion and pathos ; and that though his conspirators are better orators and reasoners than the gang of Pierre ...
... writing and manage- ment , it must be owned that , if Lord Byron has most sense and vigour , Otway has by far the most passion and pathos ; and that though his conspirators are better orators and reasoners than the gang of Pierre ...
Page 49
... writing naturally and regularly , and producing regular tragedies , like the Greeks ; but not in imitation , - merely the out- line of their conduct , adapted to our own times and circumstances , and of course no chorus . You will laugh ...
... writing naturally and regularly , and producing regular tragedies , like the Greeks ; but not in imitation , - merely the out- line of their conduct , adapted to our own times and circumstances , and of course no chorus . You will laugh ...
Page 52
... writings which have illustrated your name , but in the name itself , as being sufficiently musical for the articulation of posterity . In this you have the advantage of some of your countrymen , whose names would perhaps be immortal ...
... writings which have illustrated your name , but in the name itself , as being sufficiently musical for the articulation of posterity . In this you have the advantage of some of your countrymen , whose names would perhaps be immortal ...
Page 60
... writing a play which could be deemed stage - worthy , success would give me no pleasure , and failure great pain . It is for this reason that , even during the time of being one of the committee of one of the theatres , I never made the ...
... writing a play which could be deemed stage - worthy , success would give me no pleasure , and failure great pain . It is for this reason that , even during the time of being one of the committee of one of the theatres , I never made the ...
Page 234
... writings , who would acknowledge a little levity , a little warmth of colouring , and so forth , in that sort of language with which men gloss over their favourite vices , and deceive themselves . What then should be said of those for ...
... writings , who would acknowledge a little levity , a little warmth of colouring , and so forth , in that sort of language with which men gloss over their favourite vices , and deceive themselves . What then should be said of those for ...
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