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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... allowed very far to furpafs all dramatic wri- ters , and even Homer himself ; he gives air of reality to every thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the chief purposes of ...
... allowed very far to furpafs all dramatic wri- ters , and even Homer himself ; he gives air of reality to every thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the chief purposes of ...
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... . It will hardly be allowed to those who fail in the most effential part of an art , to set their performances as models . Can they Arift . Chap . vi . up who 1 who have robbed the Tragic Muse of all her On DRAMATIC POETRY . 31 .
... . It will hardly be allowed to those who fail in the most effential part of an art , to set their performances as models . Can they Arift . Chap . vi . up who 1 who have robbed the Tragic Muse of all her On DRAMATIC POETRY . 31 .
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... of the Coftu- mi , and that the dramatic Poet , who is to imitate fentiment , discourse , and action , fhould be allowed to neglect them . ON D 2 \ ON THE HISTORICAL DRA M A. Nec minimum meruere On DRAMATIC POETRY . 51.
... of the Coftu- mi , and that the dramatic Poet , who is to imitate fentiment , discourse , and action , fhould be allowed to neglect them . ON D 2 \ ON THE HISTORICAL DRA M A. Nec minimum meruere On DRAMATIC POETRY . 51.
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... allowed they are often exceptionable : but at the fame time we must observe , that though crouded too much , they are not so perplexed as to be unintelligible , which Corneille confeffes his Clitandre might be to those who faw it but ...
... allowed they are often exceptionable : but at the fame time we must observe , that though crouded too much , they are not so perplexed as to be unintelligible , which Corneille confeffes his Clitandre might be to those who faw it but ...
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... allowed , that the fpeeches of Weftmorland and Lancaster are as proper on this occafion , and the particu- lar circumstances as happily touch'd , as they could could have been , by the most judicious ora- tor The Second Part of HENRY IV ...
... allowed , that the fpeeches of Weftmorland and Lancaster are as proper on this occafion , and the particu- lar circumstances as happily touch'd , as they could could have been , by the most judicious ora- tor The Second Part of HENRY IV ...
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