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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... Henry IV . P. 89 . The Second Part of Henry IV . P. III . On the Præternatural Beings . P. 133 . The Tragedy of Macbeth . P. 173 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille . Upon the Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 207 . P. 245 . " INTRODUCTION . R. Pope ...
... Henry IV . P. 89 . The Second Part of Henry IV . P. III . On the Præternatural Beings . P. 133 . The Tragedy of Macbeth . P. 173 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille . Upon the Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 207 . P. 245 . " INTRODUCTION . R. Pope ...
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... his best plays . But left I should be misunderstood , I will cite one from the fecond part of Henry IV . where the general maxim is , that An An habitation giddy and unfure Hath he that buildeth on 60 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA.
... his best plays . But left I should be misunderstood , I will cite one from the fecond part of Henry IV . where the general maxim is , that An An habitation giddy and unfure Hath he that buildeth on 60 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA.
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... , Until the mishap'd trunk that bears this head Be round impaled with a glorious crown . [ Henry VI . Act 3d , Scene 3d . GLOUCESTER . GLOUCESTER . The midwife wonder'd , and the woman cry'd 70 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... , Until the mishap'd trunk that bears this head Be round impaled with a glorious crown . [ Henry VI . Act 3d , Scene 3d . GLOUCESTER . GLOUCESTER . The midwife wonder'd , and the woman cry'd 70 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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... Henry VI . Act 5th , Scene 7th . Our author , by following minutely the chronicles of the times , has embarraffed his drama's with too great a number of perfons and events . The hurley - burley of these plays recommended them to a rude ...
... Henry VI . Act 5th , Scene 7th . Our author , by following minutely the chronicles of the times , has embarraffed his drama's with too great a number of perfons and events . The hurley - burley of these plays recommended them to a rude ...
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... represented characters borrowed from fo great aportrait painter as Tacitus , let us now fee what Shakespear has done , from those awkward originals our old chronicles . 1 THE THE FIRST PART OF HENRY IV . F 4 THE 86 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... represented characters borrowed from fo great aportrait painter as Tacitus , let us now fee what Shakespear has done , from those awkward originals our old chronicles . 1 THE THE FIRST PART OF HENRY IV . F 4 THE 86 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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