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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... 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 INTRODUCTION .
... 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 INTRODUCTION .
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... render him fuperior to a fervile awe of pedantic institutions , in his ingenious preface to his edition of ... rendered compleat in this age . His genius produced works that time could not deftroy but fome of the lighter characters were ...
... render him fuperior to a fervile awe of pedantic institutions , in his ingenious preface to his edition of ... rendered compleat in this age . His genius produced works that time could not deftroy but fome of the lighter characters were ...
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... rendered palpable to the fenfes ; and every decoration of the stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the spec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through which it opens to itself a ...
... rendered palpable to the fenfes ; and every decoration of the stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the spec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through which it opens to itself a ...
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... rendered a fine fpecimen of sculpture , from being beautifully coloured , or highly polished . It is frivolous and idle , therefore , to infift on any little incidental and acceffory beauties , where the main part , the very ...
... rendered a fine fpecimen of sculpture , from being beautifully coloured , or highly polished . It is frivolous and idle , therefore , to infift on any little incidental and acceffory beauties , where the main part , the very ...
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... renders weak and querulous , and who is now beginning to grow mad , thus very naturally , in the ge- neral calamity of the ftorm , recurs to his own particular circumstances . LEAR . LEAR . Spit fite , fpout rain ; Nor rain On the ...
... renders weak and querulous , and who is now beginning to grow mad , thus very naturally , in the ge- neral calamity of the ftorm , recurs to his own particular circumstances . LEAR . LEAR . Spit fite , fpout rain ; Nor rain On the ...
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