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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... tragedy of Gorboduc ; in which the moral of each act is represented on the ftage in dumb fhew . It is ftrange that Mr. de Voltaire who affects an impartial and philofophic fpirit , fhould not rather speak B 2 an INTRODUCTION . 19.
... tragedy of Gorboduc ; in which the moral of each act is represented on the ftage in dumb fhew . It is ftrange that Mr. de Voltaire who affects an impartial and philofophic fpirit , fhould not rather speak B 2 an INTRODUCTION . 19.
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... speak with admiration than con- tempt of an author , who by the force of genius rofe fo much above the age and circumftances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates moft from rules , can rife to faults true critics dare ...
... speak with admiration than con- tempt of an author , who by the force of genius rofe fo much above the age and circumftances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates moft from rules , can rife to faults true critics dare ...
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... speaking thick , which nature made his blemish , Became the accents of the valiant ; For those , that could speak low and tardily , Would turn their own perfection to abuse , To feem like him : So that in fpeech , in gait , In diet , in ...
... speaking thick , which nature made his blemish , Became the accents of the valiant ; For those , that could speak low and tardily , Would turn their own perfection to abuse , To feem like him : So that in fpeech , in gait , In diet , in ...
Page 166
... Speak to me . If thou art privy to thy country's fate , Which happily foreknowing may avoid , Oh speak ! Or , if thou haft uphoarded in thy life Extorted treasure in the womb of earth , For which , they fay , you spirits oft walk in ...
... Speak to me . If thou art privy to thy country's fate , Which happily foreknowing may avoid , Oh speak ! Or , if thou haft uphoarded in thy life Extorted treasure in the womb of earth , For which , they fay , you spirits oft walk in ...
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... speak to thee . I'll call thee Hamlet , King , father , royal Dane : oh ! answer me ; Let me not burst in ignorance ; but tell , L 4 Why Why thy canonized bones , hearsed in death , Have On the Præternatural Beings . 167.
... speak to thee . I'll call thee Hamlet , King , father , royal Dane : oh ! answer me ; Let me not burst in ignorance ; but tell , L 4 Why Why thy canonized bones , hearsed in death , Have On the Præternatural Beings . 167.
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