 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1859 - 584 páginas
...had ever heard.' Not long after, he went to 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 17o6, in going to Deptford by water, he read ' Othello, Moor of Venice,' which, he continues, '... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1860 - 576 páginas
...Tale might be regarded by the Earl of Stirling as Pepys regarded the Midsummer Night's Dream — " It is the most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in mv life." The refinements of the Court extended to the people. The Bear-Garden was adapted to theatrical... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 páginas
...Five Hours, it seems a mean tiling. Sept. 29th, 1662. To the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid and ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." Emerson is certainly one " Quem tu, Melpomene, semcl... | |
 | Alexander Rivington, Henry Thomas Hall, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Robert Cartwright, William Robson Arrowsmith - 1865 - 254 páginas
...present Italian mode." * Pepys in his Diary thus expresses his opinion of this truly poetic play : " To the King's Theatre, where we saw ' Midsummer's...insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. "—Vol. I., pp. 311-15. 18 In this yeaf, a mock opera, Pyramus and Thisbe, the words taken from Shakspere,... | |
 | William Robson Arrowsmith - 1865 - 376 páginas
...present Italian mode." * Pepys in his Diary thus expresses his opinion of this truly poetic play: " To the King's Theatre, where we saw ' Midsummer's...never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the moat insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life."—Vol. I., pp. 314-15. In this year, a mock... | |
 | John Doran - 1865 - 486 páginas
...1662, of the " Midsummer's Night's Dream," which he "had never seen before, nor ever shall again," that "it is the most insipid, ridiculous play, that ever I saw in my life." Walpole thought so too ! It may be said of Davenant, that, if he was quick of fancy and careful in... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 530 páginas
...attracted by Romeo and Juliet ; and ill 1662 we have an entry in his Diary, with his famous criticism : " To the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer's Night's...most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my hie." Here, upon unquestionable authority, we have a fifteenth play added to the fourteen previously... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1867 - 456 páginas
...had ever heard." Not long after, he went to of tne 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, " I... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 páginas
...attracted by 'Romeo and Juliet;' and, in 1662, we have an entry in his diary, with his famous criticism : " To the King's Theatre, where we saw ' Midsummer's...insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life." Here, upon unquestionable authority, we have a fifteenth play added to the fourteen previously cited.... | |
 | 1868 - 536 páginas
...Tagebuch eintrug: „To the KirnI's Theotre, where we saw Midsummer Nighfs Dream, which I hud necer seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid rldiculous play, that I ever saw in my life." Ueber Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Von N.... | |
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Midsummer Night's 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. 
