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 VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 pages |
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Page 32
... she wears any thing of intrinfic value it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these artists it is fo fantastically fashioned to modern modes , as to lofe all its original graces , and even that neceffary qualification of all ...
... she wears any thing of intrinfic value it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these artists it is fo fantastically fashioned to modern modes , as to lofe all its original graces , and even that neceffary qualification of all ...
Page 36
... she so strongly ex- preffes the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by answering , . He speaks to me that never had a fon . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a murderer , under whose knife the bleeding ...
... she so strongly ex- preffes the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by answering , . He speaks to me that never had a fon . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a murderer , under whose knife the bleeding ...
Page 70
... She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To fhrink my arm like to a wither'd fhrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where fits deformity to mock my body ; To shape my legs of an uneven fize ; To difproportion me in every ...
... She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To fhrink my arm like to a wither'd fhrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where fits deformity to mock my body ; To shape my legs of an uneven fize ; To difproportion me in every ...
Page 75
... she had just put out one of his eyes : PY MANTE . O toi , qui fecondant fon courage inhumain , Loin d'orner fes cheveux , defhonores fa main , Exécrable inftrument de fa brutale rage , Tu devais pour le moins refpecter fon image : Ce ...
... she had just put out one of his eyes : PY MANTE . O toi , qui fecondant fon courage inhumain , Loin d'orner fes cheveux , defhonores fa main , Exécrable inftrument de fa brutale rage , Tu devais pour le moins refpecter fon image : Ce ...
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... she won from the ignorant ; fo makes her quit the old traditional fable , from whence the derived her first authority and power , to follow airy hypothefis , and chimerical fyftems . Alle- gory , the daughter of fable , is admired by ...
... she won from the ignorant ; fo makes her quit the old traditional fable , from whence the derived her first authority and power , to follow airy hypothefis , and chimerical fyftems . Alle- gory , the daughter of fable , is admired by ...
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