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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... or the jargon caught from the tone of a court . To please upon the French ftage , every person of every age and nation was made to adopt their manners . A 2 The The heroes of antiquity were not more disguised in the INTRODUCTION .
... or the jargon caught from the tone of a court . To please upon the French ftage , every person of every age and nation was made to adopt their manners . A 2 The The heroes of antiquity were not more disguised in the INTRODUCTION .
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... of well regulated and fober magnanimity , reigns through the gene- Then the mufes and the arts , neither effeminately delicate nor audacioufly ral manners . bold , bold , aflume their highest character , and in all 8 INTRODUCTION .
... of well regulated and fober magnanimity , reigns through the gene- Then the mufes and the arts , neither effeminately delicate nor audacioufly ral manners . bold , bold , aflume their highest character , and in all 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... manners dege- nerated , in vain did an Ariftotle and a Quin tilian endeavour to reftore by doctrine what had been inspired by sentiments , and fashi oned by manners . If the feverer mufes , whofe fphere is the library and the fenate ...
... manners dege- nerated , in vain did an Ariftotle and a Quin tilian endeavour to reftore by doctrine what had been inspired by sentiments , and fashi oned by manners . If the feverer mufes , whofe fphere is the library and the fenate ...
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... manners and language . By conta → gion , or from complaifance to the taste of the public , Shakespear falls fometimes into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with ...
... manners and language . By conta → gion , or from complaifance to the taste of the public , Shakespear falls fometimes into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with ...
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... manner of the three celebrated Greek trage- dians were by fucceeding critics established as dramatic laws : happily for Shakespear , Mr. Johnson , whofe genius and learning render V 2 render him fuperior to a fervile awe of pedantic 14 ...
... manner of the three celebrated Greek trage- dians were by fucceeding critics established as dramatic laws : happily for Shakespear , Mr. Johnson , whofe genius and learning render V 2 render him fuperior to a fervile awe of pedantic 14 ...
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