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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... exhibited in this effeminate form . The poet dignified the piece , perhaps with the name of an Hercules , but , alas ! it was al- ways Hercules fpinning , that was fhewn to the spectator . And yet the editor of Cor- neille's works , in ...
... exhibited in this effeminate form . The poet dignified the piece , perhaps with the name of an Hercules , but , alas ! it was al- ways Hercules fpinning , that was fhewn to the spectator . And yet the editor of Cor- neille's works , in ...
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... exhibited only thofe palpable allegories , by which rude unletter- ed moralifts instruct and please the grofs and ignorant multitude . Nothing can more plainly evince the opinion , the poets of those times had of the ignorance of the ...
... exhibited only thofe palpable allegories , by which rude unletter- ed moralifts instruct and please the grofs and ignorant multitude . Nothing can more plainly evince the opinion , the poets of those times had of the ignorance of the ...
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... exhibited to the view , and rendered palpable to the fenses ; and every decoration of the Stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the fpec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through ...
... exhibited to the view , and rendered palpable to the fenses ; and every decoration of the Stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the fpec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through ...
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... exhibited , the attention of the audience is greatly capti- vated , and the imagination fo far affifts in the , delufion , as to fympathize in the repre- fentation . To the Mufe of Tragedy , there- fore , Mr. Pope has affigned the noble ...
... exhibited , the attention of the audience is greatly capti- vated , and the imagination fo far affifts in the , delufion , as to fympathize in the repre- fentation . To the Mufe of Tragedy , there- fore , Mr. Pope has affigned the noble ...
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... exhibited in the Tragedy of Sophocles , and so deeply intereft us in the dispute for the arrows , were all neglected , in order to en- gage our attention to fome love - fcenes be- tween Neoptolemus , and a fair nymph of Lemnos ? Would ...
... exhibited in the Tragedy of Sophocles , and so deeply intereft us in the dispute for the arrows , were all neglected , in order to en- gage our attention to fome love - fcenes be- tween Neoptolemus , and a fair nymph of Lemnos ? Would ...
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