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 VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 pages |
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... our countryman has equalled the most admired paffages in the Greek tragedians ; but we shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are the ob ject ject of confideration , if we do not remember the INTRODUCTION . 13.
... our countryman has equalled the most admired paffages in the Greek tragedians ; but we shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are the ob ject ject of confideration , if we do not remember the INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... heroic labours , as to the fweat and toil of the Poet in his closet , in afforting male and female rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the Stage Stage to the Poet , the lefs we shall be 38 On DRAMATIC POETRY .
... heroic labours , as to the fweat and toil of the Poet in his closet , in afforting male and female rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the Stage Stage to the Poet , the lefs we shall be 38 On DRAMATIC POETRY .
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... shall be affected by what is acted ; and therefore if the diffi- culty of rhyme , and its apparent difference from the common language of dialogue , be fuch , as continually to fet the Art and the Artist before our eyes , the specific ...
... shall be affected by what is acted ; and therefore if the diffi- culty of rhyme , and its apparent difference from the common language of dialogue , be fuch , as continually to fet the Art and the Artist before our eyes , the specific ...
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... shall be perfectly convinced , if we compare the conduct and fentiments of Thefeus , and of the unfortu- nate daughter of Jocásta , in Antigone , and Edipus Coloneus , with the Thefeus and Dirce of Corneille ; where the enamoured pair ...
... shall be perfectly convinced , if we compare the conduct and fentiments of Thefeus , and of the unfortu- nate daughter of Jocásta , in Antigone , and Edipus Coloneus , with the Thefeus and Dirce of Corneille ; where the enamoured pair ...
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... rule , that a princefs can love only the son of a king , a mere Spanish punto ; you shall hear two Spartan virgins , daugh- 1 ters . ters of Lyfander , fpeaking the fame language , ELPINICE 72 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... rule , that a princefs can love only the son of a king , a mere Spanish punto ; you shall hear two Spartan virgins , daugh- 1 ters . ters of Lyfander , fpeaking the fame language , ELPINICE 72 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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