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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Page 47
... declaim in the tone of the Theatre ; his ex- preffions in converfation are just and strong ; * Lettres fur l'Eloquence , & c . 2 he heutters nothinglow , nor any thing pompous . Augustus Cæfar On DRAMATIC POETRY . 47.
... declaim in the tone of the Theatre ; his ex- preffions in converfation are just and strong ; * Lettres fur l'Eloquence , & c . 2 he heutters nothinglow , nor any thing pompous . Augustus Cæfar On DRAMATIC POETRY . 47.
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... Augustus Cæfar , represented to a barbarous audience , would command more respect , if feated on the Mogul's golden throne , spark- ling with gems , than in the curule chair , to which power , not pomp , gave dignity . It is a degree of ...
... Augustus Cæfar , represented to a barbarous audience , would command more respect , if feated on the Mogul's golden throne , spark- ling with gems , than in the curule chair , to which power , not pomp , gave dignity . It is a degree of ...
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... Augustus gives the confpirators , an act of political prudence rather than of generous clemency , there is not any thing to intereft us , but the characters of Cinna , Emilia , and Maximus . Let us examine how far they are worthy to do ...
... Augustus gives the confpirators , an act of political prudence rather than of generous clemency , there is not any thing to intereft us , but the characters of Cinna , Emilia , and Maximus . Let us examine how far they are worthy to do ...
Page 240
... honour of being beloved by her . The fate of Augustus , of the Roman empire , all the duties of the citizen and the friend , are to depend on her decifion . decifion . She fays to Auguftus , when he has 240 Upon the CINNA of CORNEILLE .
... honour of being beloved by her . The fate of Augustus , of the Roman empire , all the duties of the citizen and the friend , are to depend on her decifion . decifion . She fays to Auguftus , when he has 240 Upon the CINNA of CORNEILLE .
Page 254
... Augustus and Cinna , fhews plainly how much dialogues of a noble and manly kind would please . Unhappily , Seneca's Auguftus makes the Cinna of Corneille appear too mean and little . These borrowed ornaments never will affort perfectly ...
... Augustus and Cinna , fhews plainly how much dialogues of a noble and manly kind would please . Unhappily , Seneca's Auguftus makes the Cinna of Corneille appear too mean and little . These borrowed ornaments never will affort perfectly ...
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