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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page 9
... matic poet , whose chief interest it is to please the people , fhould , more than any other writer , conform himself to their hu- mour ; and appear more ftrongly infected with with the faults of the times , whether they be INTRODUCTION .
... matic poet , whose chief interest it is to please the people , fhould , more than any other writer , conform himself to their hu- mour ; and appear more ftrongly infected with with the faults of the times , whether they be INTRODUCTION .
Page 17
... appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance , and total want of defign in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned ...
... appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance , and total want of defign in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned ...
Page 33
... appear ; for , as often as we recur to the Poet , so often our fympathy with the Action on the Stage is fufpended . The pompous declamations of the French Theatre are mere rhetorical flourishes , fuch as an uninterested person might ...
... appear ; for , as often as we recur to the Poet , so often our fympathy with the Action on the Stage is fufpended . The pompous declamations of the French Theatre are mere rhetorical flourishes , fuch as an uninterested person might ...
Page 36
... appear , to the Spectator , reasonable , till 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 ...
... appear , to the Spectator , reasonable , till 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 ...
Page 46
... appears any thing of Ulyffes upon the Stage , but his Name . Nor is there a greater resemblance between the French and Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- ness and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and ...
... appears any thing of Ulyffes upon the Stage , but his Name . Nor is there a greater resemblance between the French and Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- ness and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and ...
Common terms and phrases
abfurd addrefs admired Affaffin affift affume againſt allegory anſwer ANTONY appears arifes Auguftus baſe beſt blood Brutus Cæfar Caffius cauſe character Cinna circumſtances confpiracy confpirators Corneille critics dæmons defire drama ELPINICE Emilia eſtabliſhed Euripides expreffed fable fame faſhioned fays fecret feems fentiments fhall fhew firft firſt fituation folemn fome foul fpecies fpectator French ftill fubjects fuch fuperftition fuperiority furely genius ghoſt hath heart heav'n hero himſelf hiſtory honour human imitation intereſt itſelf juſt king lefs Macbeth manners mind moft moſt muſt nature neceffary obferved occafion paffion perfons piece play pleaſe pleaſure Poet Poetry preſent purpoſe racter raiſed reaſon repreſentation repreſented reſpect Roman ſay ſcene ſeems Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtyle ſuch Tacitus taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion tragedy tragedy of Macbeth tranflation underſtand uſed verfe Voltaire vulgar whofe whoſe Witches