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To this century , as much as to the nineteenth , Shakespeare was the glory of
English letters . So Pope and Johnson had stated in unequivocal language ,
which should not have been forgotten . He is not so much an imitator as an
instrument of ...
To this century , as much as to the nineteenth , Shakespeare was the glory of
English letters . So Pope and Johnson had stated in unequivocal language ,
which should not have been forgotten . He is not so much an imitator as an
instrument of ...
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In the Dedication to the letters On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare we
read that Aristotle , “ who may be calid the Legislator of Parnassus , wrote the
laws of tragedy so exactly and so truly in reason and nature that succeeding
criticks ...
In the Dedication to the letters On the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare we
read that Aristotle , “ who may be calid the Legislator of Parnassus , wrote the
laws of tragedy so exactly and so truly in reason and nature that succeeding
criticks ...
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275 . 2 See Pope ' s Works , ed . Elwin and Courthope , ix . , p . 26 . 3 From a
letter to Richard West , written apparently in 1742 : see Works , ed . Gosse , ii . , p
. 109 . The first book devoted directly to the examination of . xxxiv
INTRODUCTION.
275 . 2 See Pope ' s Works , ed . Elwin and Courthope , ix . , p . 26 . 3 From a
letter to Richard West , written apparently in 1742 : see Works , ed . Gosse , ii . , p
. 109 . The first book devoted directly to the examination of . xxxiv
INTRODUCTION.
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... Rise , and Progress of the Stage in Greece , Rome , and England . JOHN
DENNIS John Dennis ' s three letters “ on the genius and writings of Shakespear
” ( February 1710 - 11 ) were published together in 1712 under the title An Essay
on ...
... Rise , and Progress of the Stage in Greece , Rome , and England . JOHN
DENNIS John Dennis ' s three letters “ on the genius and writings of Shakespear
” ( February 1710 - 11 ) were published together in 1712 under the title An Essay
on ...
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In the first letter to the Spectator he says that Rymer “ will always pass with
impartial posterity for a most learned , a most judicious , and a most useful critick ”
; and in the Characters and Conduct of Sir John Edgar he says that “ there was a
...
In the first letter to the Spectator he says that Rymer “ will always pass with
impartial posterity for a most learned , a most judicious , and a most useful critick ”
; and in the Characters and Conduct of Sir John Edgar he says that “ there was a
...
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| Título | Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare |
| Editor | David Nichol Smith |
| Editor | J. MacLehose and Sons, 1903 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 17 Oct. 2008 |
| Largo | 358 páginas |
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