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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... still oftener , prove he did not perfectly un- derftand the Words of the Author ; and therefore it is certain he could not enter into his Meaning . He comprehended enough to perceive that Shakespear was unobfervant of fome established ...
... still oftener , prove he did not perfectly un- derftand the Words of the Author ; and therefore it is certain he could not enter into his Meaning . He comprehended enough to perceive that Shakespear was unobfervant of fome established ...
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... still greater indignation at the treatment he has received from a French wit , who seems to think he has made prodigious conceffions to our prejudices in favour of the works of our countryman , in allowing them the credit of a few fplen ...
... still greater indignation at the treatment he has received from a French wit , who seems to think he has made prodigious conceffions to our prejudices in favour of the works of our countryman , in allowing them the credit of a few fplen ...
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... still Narration yields the place to animated Action . It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoiffeur in a polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to Tragedy , as ...
... still Narration yields the place to animated Action . It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoiffeur in a polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to Tragedy , as ...
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... still in greater force with our countryman to take his fubjects from the history and traditions of thofe more recent transactions , in which the fpectator was in- formed and interested more perfonally and locally . There was not a ...
... still in greater force with our countryman to take his fubjects from the history and traditions of thofe more recent transactions , in which the fpectator was in- formed and interested more perfonally and locally . There was not a ...
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... still turning on the fame hinge , defcribe , like a piece of clock - work , a regular circle of movements . In human nature , of which Shakefpear's characters are a just imitation , every paffion is controlled and forced into many ...
... still turning on the fame hinge , defcribe , like a piece of clock - work , a regular circle of movements . In human nature , of which Shakefpear's characters are a just imitation , every paffion is controlled and forced into many ...
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