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 35
... against the delinquent fon , that we can guess at the violence of his emotions ; therefore he ex- cites more indignation at the conduct of Polynices , than fympathy with his own forrow ; of which we can judge only as fpectators ; for he ...
... against the delinquent fon , that we can guess at the violence of his emotions ; therefore he ex- cites more indignation at the conduct of Polynices , than fympathy with his own forrow ; of which we can judge only as fpectators ; for he ...
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... against the one he often offends , he very rarely misrepresents the other . The French tragedians , on the con- trary , attend not to the nature of the man whom they reprefent , but to the decorums of his rank fo that their best ...
... against the one he often offends , he very rarely misrepresents the other . The French tragedians , on the con- trary , attend not to the nature of the man whom they reprefent , but to the decorums of his rank fo that their best ...
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... against than finning . Thus it is Shakespear redeems the non- fense , the indecorums , the irregularities of his plays ; and whoever , for want of natural taste , or ignorance in the English lan- guage , is infenfible to the merit of ...
... against than finning . Thus it is Shakespear redeems the non- fense , the indecorums , the irregularities of his plays ; and whoever , for want of natural taste , or ignorance in the English lan- guage , is infenfible to the merit of ...
Page 95
... against the infidels , which he does not undertake , as was usual in those times , from a religious enthusiasm , but is induced to it by political motives : that the martial fpirit may not break out at home in civil wars ; nor peace and ...
... against the infidels , which he does not undertake , as was usual in those times , from a religious enthusiasm , but is induced to it by political motives : that the martial fpirit may not break out at home in civil wars ; nor peace and ...
Page 96
... against Richard , and to apprehend that the fame levities which loft that king , first the opinion , then * Hume's Hift . of H. IV . 1 • * the allegiance of his subjects , should deprive 4 the 96 The First Part of HENRY IV .
... against Richard , and to apprehend that the fame levities which loft that king , first the opinion , then * Hume's Hift . of H. IV . 1 • * the allegiance of his subjects , should deprive 4 the 96 The First Part of HENRY IV .
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