Catiline His ConspiracyYale University Press, 1916 - 236 pagine |
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Pagina xvi
... Roman play must be Roman , and its characters must speak as Romans spoke . On such a hypothesis , there could be but one conclusion : one must go to Roman speeches as they have heen handed down to us , go to contemporary documents and ...
... Roman play must be Roman , and its characters must speak as Romans spoke . On such a hypothesis , there could be but one conclusion : one must go to Roman speeches as they have heen handed down to us , go to contemporary documents and ...
Pagina xxii
... Roman drama , far more so than Julius Cæsar : but who would ever consider comparing the two ? Despite Jonson's real power , the weight of pedanticism ties him down , and Catiline can never be said to soar . Jonson's attempts to be ...
... Roman drama , far more so than Julius Cæsar : but who would ever consider comparing the two ? Despite Jonson's real power , the weight of pedanticism ties him down , and Catiline can never be said to soar . Jonson's attempts to be ...
Pagina xxiv
... Roman attribute . Above all , he was ambitious : but so was Cæsar ; and there is no evidence that Catiline was any more ambitious or unscrupulous than he . I hold no brief for Catiline . His course was doubtless per- nicious , and he ...
... Roman attribute . Above all , he was ambitious : but so was Cæsar ; and there is no evidence that Catiline was any more ambitious or unscrupulous than he . I hold no brief for Catiline . His course was doubtless per- nicious , and he ...
Pagina xxviii
... Roman potentates to break away from his model , and to pile up accusation after accusation against the offen- ders , concluding with one of the most forcible and striking figures of the play : We , all this while , like calme , benum'd ...
... Roman potentates to break away from his model , and to pile up accusation after accusation against the offen- ders , concluding with one of the most forcible and striking figures of the play : We , all this while , like calme , benum'd ...
Pagina xliii
... Roman tragedy deserves serious attention . Cat- iline is alike the final expression of Jonson's theories as to English tragedy and one of the most successful among English tragedies modeled on ancient dramatic theories and ideals . For ...
... Roman tragedy deserves serious attention . Cat- iline is alike the final expression of Jonson's theories as to English tragedy and one of the most successful among English tragedies modeled on ancient dramatic theories and ideals . For ...
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ALLOBROGES Antonius Asconius Pedianus atque Aurelia Ben Jonson bloud braue CAES Cæsar CAIVS CATI Catiline Catiline his Conspiracy Catiline's CATO CATV CATVLVS CETHEGVS Cicero common-wealth conspiracy conspirators Consul Crassus Curius CVRIVS Dio Cassius do's doth Drama English enuy erat esset etiam euery Exeunt Fathers feare fortune FVLVIA GABINIVS GALLA giue Glossary gods hæc hath haue honor illi iust Jonson Juvenal Latin leaue LECCA Lentulus LENTVLVS Lictors liue London LONGINVS loue Lucan madame mihi neque omnes Ovid Petronius Ph.D Phars play plot Plutarch præterea prætor Praetors quæ quam quibus quid quod QVINTVS reipublicæ Roman Rome Sallust SANGA scene Sejanus selfe selues SEMPRONIA Senate Seneca sense shee slaues speech Suetonius sunt thee thinke thou thought Thyestes tragedy translation traytors VARGVNTEIVS vero vertue vnto vpon warre word yeere
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Pagina 156 - Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed ? And did my Sovereign die ? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I...
Pagina xliii - I see not then, but we should enjoy the same license, or free power to illustrate and heighten our invention, as they did ; and not be tied to those strict and regular forms which the niceness of a few, who are nothing but form, would thrust upon us.
Pagina 218 - Catalina,' spoken by Sylla's Ghost, was writ after I parted with my friend at the Devil tavern. I had drank well that night, and had brave notions. There is one scene in that play which I think is flat. I resolve to drink no more water with my wine.
Pagina 14 - If the gods had call'd Them to a purpose, they would just have come With the same tortoise speed ; that are thus slow To such an action, which .the gods will envy ; As asking no less means than all their powers Conjoin'd to effect.
Pagina 237 - XV. Essays on the Study and Use of Poetry by Plutarch and Basil the Great, translated from the Greek, with an Introduction. FREDERICK M.
Pagina 182 - Ad hoc maledicta alia quum adderet, obstrepere omnes, hostem atque parricidam vocare. Tum ille furibundus: 'Quoniam quidem circumventus, inquit, ab inimicis praeceps agor, incendium meum ruina restinguam.
Pagina xv - Conspiracy," l yesterday being the first day: a play of much good sense and words to read, but that do appear the worst upon the stage, I mean, the least diverting, that ever I saw any, though most fine in clothes; and a fine scene of the Senate, and of a fight, that ever I saw in my life.
Pagina 214 - Catilina vero longe a suis inter hostium cadavera repertus est, paululum etiam spirans ferociamque animi, quam habuerat vivos, in voltu retinens.