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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... grace of mo- tion , and exertion of ftrength , depend on the mind , which animates the form . The critic but fashions the Body of a work ; the poet muft add the Soul , which gives force and di- rection direction to its actions and ...
... grace of mo- tion , and exertion of ftrength , depend on the mind , which animates the form . The critic but fashions the Body of a work ; the poet muft add the Soul , which gives force and di- rection direction to its actions and ...
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... grace and propriety , when he exhibited the Chiefs in our civil wars . The great Earl of Warwick , Cardinal Beaufort , Humphrey Duke of Gloucester , the renowned Hotfpur , were very interesting objects to their countrymen . Whatever ...
... grace and propriety , when he exhibited the Chiefs in our civil wars . The great Earl of Warwick , Cardinal Beaufort , Humphrey Duke of Gloucester , the renowned Hotfpur , were very interesting objects to their countrymen . Whatever ...
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... grace ! —I am a man More finn'd against than finning . Thus it is that Shakespear redeems the nonsense , the indecorums , the irregularities of his plays ; and whoever , for want of natu- ral taste , or from ignorance of the English ...
... grace ! —I am a man More finn'd against than finning . Thus it is that Shakespear redeems the nonsense , the indecorums , the irregularities of his plays ; and whoever , for want of natu- ral taste , or from ignorance of the English ...
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... grace do I in chief address The substance of my speech . If that rebellion Came like itself , in base and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth , goaded with rage , And countenanc'd by boys and beggary ; I fay , if damn'd commotion fo ...
... grace do I in chief address The substance of my speech . If that rebellion Came like itself , in base and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth , goaded with rage , And countenanc'd by boys and beggary ; I fay , if damn'd commotion fo ...
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... grace , Into the harsh and boift'rous tongue of war ? LANCASTER . My lord of York , it better fhew'd with you , When ... grace , the fanctities of heav'n , And our dull workings : O , who shall believe But you mifufe the rev'rence of ...
... grace , Into the harsh and boift'rous tongue of war ? LANCASTER . My lord of York , it better fhew'd with you , When ... grace , the fanctities of heav'n , And our dull workings : O , who shall believe But you mifufe the rev'rence of ...
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