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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... Roman fchool : after finding them unlike to the celebrated forms preserved in learned museums they do not deign to enquire whether they resemble the living perfons they were intended to re- prefent . Among thefe connoiffeurs , whofe ...
... Roman fchool : after finding them unlike to the celebrated forms preserved in learned museums they do not deign to enquire whether they resemble the living perfons they were intended to re- prefent . Among thefe connoiffeurs , whofe ...
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... Romans , who had conquered all other nati- ons , had the best right to prefer their own manners , and despise those of other countries , yet their critics inculcated the neceffity of imitating thofe of the people reprefented . The ...
... Romans , who had conquered all other nati- ons , had the best right to prefer their own manners , and despise those of other countries , yet their critics inculcated the neceffity of imitating thofe of the people reprefented . The ...
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... Romans ; and he has undoubtedly given them a certain ftrained elevation of fentiment and expreffion , which has perhaps a theatrical greatness : but this is not Roman dignity , nor fuitable to the character of republicans ; for , as the ...
... Romans ; and he has undoubtedly given them a certain ftrained elevation of fentiment and expreffion , which has perhaps a theatrical greatness : but this is not Roman dignity , nor fuitable to the character of republicans ; for , as the ...
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... Roman character , though he speaks of it in all the ambiguity of language which prudence could fuggeft , to one who was thwarting a natio- nal nal opinion † . He talks of un raffinement de 48 .. On the DRAMA : or ; "
... Roman character , though he speaks of it in all the ambiguity of language which prudence could fuggeft , to one who was thwarting a natio- nal nal opinion † . He talks of un raffinement de 48 .. On the DRAMA : or ; "
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... Romans , and afks , if they are of this globe , or spirits of a fuperior world ? The Greeks of Racine , fays he , are not indeed of that universe which belonged only to Corneille ; but with what pleasure does he make us behold ourselves ...
... Romans , and afks , if they are of this globe , or spirits of a fuperior world ? The Greeks of Racine , fays he , are not indeed of that universe which belonged only to Corneille ; but with what pleasure does he make us behold ourselves ...
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