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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... First Part of 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 ...
... First Part of 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 ...
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... First , we must take into confide- ration what is propofed to be done by the means of dramatic imitation . Every fpecies of poetry has its diftinct offices . The effecting certain moral purposes , by the representation of a Fable ...
... First , we must take into confide- ration what is propofed to be done by the means of dramatic imitation . Every fpecies of poetry has its diftinct offices . The effecting certain moral purposes , by the representation of a Fable ...
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... First , whether his Fables answer the nobleft end of Fable , moral inftruction ; next , whether his dra- matic imitation has its proper dramatic excel- lence . In the latter of these articles , per- haps , there is not any thing will ...
... First , whether his Fables answer the nobleft end of Fable , moral inftruction ; next , whether his dra- matic imitation has its proper dramatic excel- lence . In the latter of these articles , per- haps , there is not any thing will ...
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... first confider the offices and ends of the Drama ; what are its pretenfions , and for what purposes it affumes a manner so dif- ferent from any other kind of poetical imi- tation . The epic Poem and the Tragedy , fays Ariftotle , are ...
... first confider the offices and ends of the Drama ; what are its pretenfions , and for what purposes it affumes a manner so dif- ferent from any other kind of poetical imi- tation . The epic Poem and the Tragedy , fays Ariftotle , are ...
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... first mafters in theatrical re- presentations made ufe of a diction , which united the harmony of verfe to the easy and natural air of profe , and was fuited to the movement and bustle of Action , being con- fidered only as fubfervient ...
... first mafters in theatrical re- presentations made ufe of a diction , which united the harmony of verfe to the easy and natural air of profe , and was fuited to the movement and bustle of Action , being con- fidered only as fubfervient ...
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