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 55
... speech are proper and graceful , others improper and ungraceful : but they pro- nounce only on fuch words and expreffions as are actually extant . The rules of Ariftotle were drawn from D 4 the the tragedies of Æfchylus , Sophocles ...
... speech are proper and graceful , others improper and ungraceful : but they pro- nounce only on fuch words and expreffions as are actually extant . The rules of Ariftotle were drawn from D 4 the the tragedies of Æfchylus , Sophocles ...
Page 69
... speeches for the afperity of his temper , and his fierce and unmitigated desire of dominion , from his being by his perfon difqualified for the fofter engagements of fociety . GLOUCESTER . Well , say there is no kingdom then for Richard ...
... speeches for the afperity of his temper , and his fierce and unmitigated desire of dominion , from his being by his perfon difqualified for the fofter engagements of fociety . GLOUCESTER . Well , say there is no kingdom then for Richard ...
Page 80
... speech had not the various inflexions of the human voice , would a real connoiffeur abandon the living actors for fuch lifeless images , because some nice and dainty critic pleaded , pleaded , that the puppets were not fub- ject to 80 ...
... speech had not the various inflexions of the human voice , would a real connoiffeur abandon the living actors for fuch lifeless images , because some nice and dainty critic pleaded , pleaded , that the puppets were not fub- ject to 80 ...
Page 85
... speeches , yet preserve no likeness in the characters , is furely betraying a great deficiency of dramatie powers , and of the art of imitation : to re- present the gay , luxurious , diffolute , ambi- tious Otho , the courtier of Nero ...
... speeches , yet preserve no likeness in the characters , is furely betraying a great deficiency of dramatie powers , and of the art of imitation : to re- present the gay , luxurious , diffolute , ambi- tious Otho , the courtier of Nero ...
Page 119
... speeches of Weftmorland , and John of Lancaster . WESTMORLAND . Then , my lord , Unto your grace do I in chief addrefs The fubftance of my speech . If that rebellion Came like itself , in bafe and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth ...
... speeches of Weftmorland , and John of Lancaster . WESTMORLAND . Then , my lord , Unto your grace do I in chief addrefs The fubftance of my speech . If that rebellion Came like itself , in bafe and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth ...
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