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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... imagination , through which it opens to itself a communication with the heart , where it is to excite certain paffions and affections ; each character being perfo- & perfonated , and each event exhibited , the attention of On DRAMATIC ...
... imagination , through which it opens to itself a communication with the heart , where it is to excite certain paffions and affections ; each character being perfo- & perfonated , and each event exhibited , the attention of On DRAMATIC ...
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... 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 task , To wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art , To raise the genius ...
... 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 task , To wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art , To raise the genius ...
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... Imagination , from whence his fympathy with the story muft arife . We are affected by the catastro- phe of a Stranger , we lament the destiny of an Edipus , and the misfortunes of an He- cuba ; but the little peculiarities of a cha ...
... Imagination , from whence his fympathy with the story muft arife . We are affected by the catastro- phe of a Stranger , we lament the destiny of an Edipus , and the misfortunes of an He- cuba ; but the little peculiarities of a cha ...
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... imagination in the variety of its productions ; or the strength and steadiness of his genius in fuftaining the fpirit , and preserving unimpaired , through various circumftances and fituations , what his invention had originally ...
... imagination in the variety of its productions ; or the strength and steadiness of his genius in fuftaining the fpirit , and preserving unimpaired , through various circumftances and fituations , what his invention had originally ...
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... Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to fhape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Midfummer Night's Dream . I 2 ON THE PRETERNATURAL BEINGS . As the whole extent of.
... Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to fhape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Midfummer Night's Dream . I 2 ON THE PRETERNATURAL BEINGS . As the whole extent of.
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