Corneille and Racine in England: A Study of the English Translations of the Two Corneilles and Racine, with Especial Reference to Their Presentation on the English Stage, Volume 6Columbia University Press, The Macmillan Company, agents, 1904 - 295 pages |
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Corneille and Racine in England: A Study of the English ..., Volume 6 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Affichage du livre entier - 1904 |
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Page 251 - Tremble, m'at-elle dit, fille digne de moi ; Le cruel Dieu des Juifs l'emporte aussi sur toi ; Je te plains de tomber dans ses mains redoutables, Ma fille. » En achevant ces mots épouvantables, Son ombre vers mon lit a paru se baisser ; Et moi, je lui tendais les mains pour l'embrasser ; Mais je n'ai plus trouvé qu'un horrible mélange D'os et de...
Page 163 - Though plunged in ills, and exercised in care, Yet never let the noble mind despair : When prest by dangers, and beset with foes, The gods their timely succour interpose ; And when our virtue sinks, o'erwhelmed with grief, By unforeseen expedients bring relief.
Page 153 - you that are a critic, is the play according to your dramatic rules, as you call them? Should your people in tragedy always talk to be understood ? Why, there is not a single sentence in this play that I do not know the meaning of.
Page 251 - Pour réparer des ans l'irréparable outrage* : " Tremble," m'at-elle dit, " fille digne de moi ; Le cruel Dieu des Juifs l'emporte aussi sur toi. Je te plains de tomber dans ses mains redoutables, Ma fille.
Page 160 - Before I speak the message of the Greeks, Permit me, sir, to glory in the title Of their ambassador ; since I behold Troy's vanquisher, and great Achilles...
Page 160 - Avant que tous les Grecs vous parlent par ma voix, Souffrez que j'ose ici me flatter de leur choix, Et qu'à vos yeux, Seigneur, je montre quelque joie De voir le fils d'Achille et le vainqueur de Troie. Oui, comme ses exploits...
Page 159 - To break the tenfold barriers of the gate, He threw a stone of such prodigious weight, As no two men could lift, not even of those Who in that age of thundering mortals rose : — It would have sprain'da dozen modern beaus.
Page 12 - Couler à gros bouillons de son généreux flanc; Ce sang qui tant de fois garantit vos murailles, Ce sang qui tant de fois...
Page 164 - Were you to obey a jealous woman's frenzy? You should have dived into my inmost thoughts : My heart, though full of rage, was free from malice ; And all my anger was excess of love. Why did you take me at...
Page 157 - The audience would not permit Mrs. Oldfield to go off the stage the first night till she had repeated it twice; the second night the noise of...