An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 páginas |
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... language , in which the once addressed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which he has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jar- gon caught from the tone of a court . In or der to please upon the French ...
... language , in which the once addressed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which he has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jar- gon caught from the tone of a court . In or der to please upon the French ...
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... language . By conta- gion , or from complaifance to the taste of the public , Shakespear falls fometimes into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble ...
... language . By conta- gion , or from complaifance to the taste of the public , Shakespear falls fometimes into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble ...
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... language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a Bon Mot will appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turn , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the ...
... language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a Bon Mot will appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turn , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the ...
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... language too elevated for their apprehenfion ; nor have they leifure , or application , to trace the confequences of ill - governed paffions , or erro- neous principles , through the long feries of a voluminous work . The Drama is hap ...
... language too elevated for their apprehenfion ; nor have they leifure , or application , to trace the confequences of ill - governed paffions , or erro- neous principles , through the long feries of a voluminous work . The Drama is hap ...
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... language of paffion , which in all ranks of men is much alike . This kind of exterior representation falls intirely fhort of the in- tention of the Drama : and indeed many Plays are little more than Poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical ...
... language of paffion , which in all ranks of men is much alike . This kind of exterior representation falls intirely fhort of the in- tention of the Drama : and indeed many Plays are little more than Poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical ...
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Página 265 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Página 265 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend...
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