She was not less than a goddess, or than a prophetess inspired by the gods. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. She was tragedy personified. She was the stateliest ornament of the public mind. She was not only... Lights of the Old English Stage - Página 1231878 - 225 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from...breast as from a shrine; she was tragedy personified. In coming on in the sleeping-scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut. She was like a person... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 282 páginas
...not had enough of glory ? The homage she has received is greater than that which is paid to queens. The enthusiasm she excited had something idolatrous...from her breast as from a shrine. She was Tragedy perI sonified. She was the stateliest ornament of the public mind. She was not only the idol of the... | |
| 1831 - 470 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere lo awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person... | |
| 1834 - 614 páginas
...superior order had dropped frum a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow ; passion emanated from her breast, as from a shrine, in coming on in the steeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 670 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person... | |
| Englishmen - 1837 - 286 páginas
...superior order had dropped -from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow ; passion emanated from her breast, as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut ; she was like a person... | |
| Anna Brownell Jameson, Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 336 páginas
...superior order had dropped from a higher sphere to awe the world with the majesty of her appearance. Power was seated on her brow, passion emanated from her breast as from a shrine. In coming on in the sleeping scene, her eyes were open, but their sense was shut; she was like a person... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1851 - 364 páginas
...excited had something idolatrous about it ; she was regarded less with ad* June 15, 181G. miration than with wonder, as if a being of a superior order...of the people, she not only hushed the tumultuous shouts of the pit in breathless expectation, and 'quenched the rblaze of surrounding beauty in silent... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1851 - 360 páginas
...excited had something idolatrous about it ; she was regarded less with ad* June 15, 1816. miration than with wonder, as if a being of a superior order...of the people, she not only hushed the tumultuous shouts of the pit in breathless expectation, and quenched the 'blaze of surrounding beauty in silent... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1854 - 358 páginas
...She raised tragedy to the skies, or brought it down from thence. It was something above nature. ._ We can conceive of nothing grander. She embodied to...from a shrine. She was tragedy personified. She was the*tateliest ornament of the public mind. She was not only the idol of the people, she not only hushed... | |
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