Memoirs of the Life and Writings of George BuchananBell and Bradfute, 1807 - 318 páginas |
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... tragedies " Medeam , " says Buchanan , " non in hoc scripseram , ut ederetur , sed cum Græcis literis absque magistro ... tragedy as a private exercise . Deinde must refer to the order of compo- sition , not of publication . The dates of ...
... tragedies " Medeam , " says Buchanan , " non in hoc scripseram , ut ederetur , sed cum Græcis literis absque magistro ... tragedy as a private exercise . Deinde must refer to the order of compo- sition , not of publication . The dates of ...
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... tragedy of Jephthes is conformable to the models of the Grecian theatre , and is not desti- tute of interest . The ... tragedies there are many other editions , which it would be superfluous to enumerate . d " Jephtha's daughter , " says ...
... tragedy of Jephthes is conformable to the models of the Grecian theatre , and is not desti- tute of interest . The ... tragedies there are many other editions , which it would be superfluous to enumerate . d " Jephtha's daughter , " says ...
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... tragedy the an- cient rule respecting unity of time is grossly vio- lated ; because the daughter of Jephtha is known to have bewailed her virginity for the space of two months . But in Buchanan's drama there is no allusion to that ...
... tragedy the an- cient rule respecting unity of time is grossly vio- lated ; because the daughter of Jephtha is known to have bewailed her virginity for the space of two months . But in Buchanan's drama there is no allusion to that ...
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... tragedies of the ancient Greek poets , what is termed the prologue is always an essential part of the drama ; but the prologue of the Bap- tistes resembles those of Terence . Buchanan seems to have adopted this method , because it ...
... tragedies of the ancient Greek poets , what is termed the prologue is always an essential part of the drama ; but the prologue of the Bap- tistes resembles those of Terence . Buchanan seems to have adopted this method , because it ...
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... tragedy and among others , to that of John the Baptist . Of this projected drama he has sketched a faint out- line ... tragedies are not the most perfect of his compositions . The dis- approbation of Heinsius , who like Grotius was also ...
... tragedy and among others , to that of John the Baptist . Of this projected drama he has sketched a faint out- line ... tragedies are not the most perfect of his compositions . The dis- approbation of Heinsius , who like Grotius was also ...
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Página 261 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 239 - ... if there be found in his book one sentence of a venturous edge, uttered in the height of zeal, and who knows whether it might not be the dictate of a divine spirit, yet not suiting with every low decrepit humour of their own, though it were Knox himself, the reformer of a kingdom...
Página 238 - ... to be printed, or reprinted, if there be found in his book one sentence of a venturous edge, uttered in the height of zeal and who knows whether it might not be the dictate of a divine spirit, yet not suiting with every low decrepit...
Página 250 - Although the bounty of nature and the instruction of your governors may at present secure you against this error, yet am I compelled to entertain some slight degree of suspicion, lest evil communication — the alluring nurse of the vices — should lend an unhappy impulse to your still tender mind, especially as I am not ignorant with what facility the external
Página 178 - One of the earliest propensities which he [James] discovered, was an excessive attachment to favourites; and this weakness, which ought to have been abandoned with the other characteristics of childhood, continued to retain its ascendency during every stage of his life. His facility in complying with every request alarmed the prophetic sagacity of Buchanan. On the authority of the poet's nephew, Chytrrcus has recorded a ludicrous expedient which he adopted for the purpose of correcting his pupil's...
Página 174 - ... the cat. His venerable preceptor, who might have pardoned the remark, was perhaps offended with the mode in which it was uttered : he threw aside his book with indignation, and bestowed upon the delinquent that species of scholastic discipline which is deemed most ignominious. The Countess of Mar, being attracted by the wailing which ensued, hastened to the scene of his disgrace ; and, taking the precious deposit in her arms, she demanded of Buchanan, how he presumed to lay his hand on the Lord's...
Página xvi - Buchanan ; and he, too, seems to have been the first scholar who caught from the ancients the noble flame of republican enthusiasm. This praise is merited by his neglected, though incomparable tract, De jure Regni, in which the principles of popular politics, and the maxims of a free government, are delivered with a precision, and enforced with an energy, -which no former age had equalled, and no succeeding has surpassed.
Página 249 - I have deemed," says the venerable teacher, " this publication expedient, that it may at once testify my zeal for your service, and admonish you of your duty to the community.
Página 178 - Chytraeus has recorded a ludicrous expedient which he adopted for the purpose of correcting his pupil's conduct. He presented the young king with two papers which he requested him to sign ; and James, after having slightly interrogated him regarding their contents, readily appended his signature to each, without the precaution of even a cursory perusal.
Página 250 - I am not ignorant with what facility the external senses yield to seduction. I have therefore sent you this treatise, not only as a monitor, but even as an importunate and sometimes impudent dun, who in this turn of life may convoy you beyond the rocks of adulation ; and may not merely offer you advice, but...