啃书文学网

手机浏览器扫描二维码访问

LETTER 73（第1页）

一秒记住【xiaoyanwenxue.com】精彩无弹窗免费！“TheWorksofCharlesandMaryLamb—Volume5（.shg.tw）”！

LETTER73

CHARLESLAMBTOWILLIAMGODWIN

[Nodate.Autumn，1800.]

Queries.Whetherthebestconclusionwouldnotbeasolemnjudicialpleading，appointedbytheking，beforehimselfinpersonofAntonioasproxyforRoderigo，andGuzmanforhimself—theformandorderingofittobehighlysolemnandgrand.Forthispurpose，（allowingit，）thekingmustbereserved，andnothavemittedhisroyaldignitybydescendingtopreviousconferencewithAntonio，butmustreferfromthebeginningtothissettlement.Hemustsitindignityasahighroyalarbiter.Whetherthiswouldadmitofspiritualinterpositions，cardinals&c.—appealstothePope，andhaughtyrejectionofhisinterpositionbyAntonio—（thismerelybytheway）.

Thepleadingsmustbeconductedbyshortspeeches—replies，taunts，andbitterrecriminationsbyAntonio，inhisroughstyle.Inthemidstoftheundecidedcause，maynotamessengerbreakuptheproceedingsbyanaccountofRoderigosdeath（noimprobableorfar-fetchdevent），andthewholeconcludewithanaffectingandawfulinvocationofAntoniouponRoderigosspirit，nownolongerdependentuponearthlytribunalsorafrowardwomanswill，&c.，&c.

Almanzasdaughterisnowfree，&c.

Thismightbemadeveryaffecting.Betternothingfollowafter;ifanything，shemuststepforwardandresolvetotaketheveil.Inthiscase，thewholestoryoftheformernunnerymustbeomitted.But，Ithink，betterleavethefinalconclusiontotheimaginationofthespectator.Probablytheviolenceofconfiningherinaconventisnotnecessary;Antoniosowncastlewouldbesufficient.

TorelievetheformerpartofthePlay，couldnotsomesensibleimages，someworkfortheEye，beintroduced?AgalleryofPictures，Almanzasancestors，towhichAntoniomightaffectinglypointhissister，onebyone，withanecdote，&c.

Atallevents，withthepresentwantofaction，thePlaymustnotextendabovefourActs，unlessitisquitenewmodelld.Theproposedalterationsmightallbeeffectedinafewweeks.

Solemnjudicialpleadingsalwaysgooffwell，asinHenrythe8th，

MerchantofVenice，andperhapsOthello.

[Lamb，saidMr.Paul，writingofthiscriticalMinute，wassogenuinelykindandevenaffectionate，inhiscriticismthatGodwindidnotperceivehisrealdisapproval.

MrSwinburne，writinginTheAthen?umforMay13，1876，madeaninterestingmentupononeofLambssuggestionsintheforegoingdocument.Itcontains，heremarks，"asingularanticipationofoneofthemostfamouspassagesintheworkofthegreatestmasterofourownage，thesceneoftheportraitsinHernani:Torelievetheformerpartoftheplay，couldnotsomesensibleimages，someworkfortheeye，beintroduced?Agalleryofpictures，Alexandersancestors，towhichAntoniomightaffectinglypointhissister，onebyone，withanecdote，&c.IknowofnocoincidencemorepleasantlyandstrangelynotablethanthisbetweenthegentlegeniusoftheloveliestamongEnglishessayistsandthetragicinventionoftheloftiestamongFrenchpoets."

Afterlongnegotiation"Antonio"wasnowactuallyinrehearsalatDrury

Lane，tobeproducedonDecember13.Lambsuppliedtheepilogue.

CooperwasGodwinsservant.]

离婚后我在豪门乘风破浪  爷，王妃她恃宠而骄！  带着系统回大唐  你不努力，没人能给你想要的生活  六皇子东方羽东方羽罗嫔妃  反派她扛起了收视率  我体内有仙府  道家天师  异界大佬都市纵横  夜明笙歌  我在末世捡美女  重生雄豪万雄李子晴  重生之完美时代  豪门团宠：哥哥们又扒我马甲  祖一南音美  狼狈离婚两年后霸气回归蓝思恩墨琰  偏执总裁的罪妻  都市医武战神  快穿：干饭大佬在线虐渣  全能贵妃：娱乐圈团宠女神