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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... she spoke at Athens , and as she now speaks at Paris , or in Italy ; and he can difcern be- tween the natural language , in which the once addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which he has acquired from the prejudices ...
... she spoke at Athens , and as she now speaks at Paris , or in Italy ; and he can difcern be- tween the natural language , in which the once addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which he has acquired from the prejudices ...
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... she wears any thing of intrinfic value , it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these artists it is fo fantastically fashioned to modern modes , as to lofe all its original graces , and even that neceffary qualification of all ...
... she wears any thing of intrinfic value , it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these artists it is fo fantastically fashioned to modern modes , as to lofe all its original graces , and even that neceffary qualification of all ...
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... she may feel , How fharper than a ferpent's tooth it is , To have a thanklefs child . By this we perceive , how deeply paternal affection is wounded by filial ingratitude . C 2 In In the play of King John , the legate offers On DRAMATIC ...
... she may feel , How fharper than a ferpent's tooth it is , To have a thanklefs child . By this we perceive , how deeply paternal affection is wounded by filial ingratitude . C 2 In In the play of King John , the legate offers On DRAMATIC ...
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... she so strongly ex- preffes the peculiar tendernefs of maternal love , by answering , He fpeaks to me that never had a fon . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a murderer , under whose knife the bleeding ...
... she so strongly ex- preffes the peculiar tendernefs of maternal love , by answering , He fpeaks to me that never had a fon . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a murderer , under whose knife the bleeding ...
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... She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To fhrink my arm like to a wither'd shrub } To make an envious mountain on my back , Where fits deformity to mock my body ; To fhape my legs of an uneven fize ; To difproportion me in every ...
... She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To fhrink my arm like to a wither'd shrub } To make an envious mountain on my back , Where fits deformity to mock my body ; To fhape my legs of an uneven fize ; To difproportion me in every ...
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