Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 páginas |
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... the people , fhould , more than any other writer , conform himfelf to their hu- mour ; and appear most strongly infected with the faults of the times , whether they be be fuch as belong to unpolished , or cor- rupted INTRODUCTION . 9.
... the people , fhould , more than any other writer , conform himfelf to their hu- mour ; and appear most strongly infected with the faults of the times , whether they be be fuch as belong to unpolished , or cor- rupted INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn argu- ment ; so that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance and total want of design in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned , deep ...
... appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn argu- ment ; so that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance and total want of design in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned , deep ...
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... appear ; for , as often as we recur to the poet , fo often our fympathy with the action on the stage is fufpended . The pompous declamations of the French theatre are mere rhetorical flourishes , fuch as an uninterested perfon might ...
... appear ; for , as often as we recur to the poet , fo often our fympathy with the action on the stage is fufpended . The pompous declamations of the French theatre are mere rhetorical flourishes , fuch as an uninterested perfon might ...
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... appear , to the fpectator , reasonable , till fhe fo ftrongly ex- preffes the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by answering , He speaks to me that never had a son . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a ...
... appear , to the fpectator , reasonable , till fhe fo ftrongly ex- preffes the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by answering , He speaks to me that never had a son . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a ...
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... appears any thing of Ulyffes upon the ftage but his name . Nor is there a greater resemblance between the French and Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- nefs and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and ...
... appears any thing of Ulyffes upon the ftage but his name . Nor is there a greater resemblance between the French and Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- nefs and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and ...
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