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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... Them , lies open to a thorough enquiry into the genius of our great English claffic . Unprejudiced and candid Judgment will be the surest basis of his fame . A But t - But he seems now in danger of incurring the [ 1 ] INTRODUCTION Page.
... Them , lies open to a thorough enquiry into the genius of our great English claffic . Unprejudiced and candid Judgment will be the surest basis of his fame . A But t - But he seems now in danger of incurring the [ 1 ] INTRODUCTION Page.
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... judgment of Shakespear's works , we are not to apply to the rules of Ariftotle , which would be like trying a man by the laws of one coun- try , who lived under thofe of another .. Heaven - born Genius acts from fomething fu- perior A 4 ...
... judgment of Shakespear's works , we are not to apply to the rules of Ariftotle , which would be like trying a man by the laws of one coun- try , who lived under thofe of another .. Heaven - born Genius acts from fomething fu- perior A 4 ...
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... judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the fubjects will bear it ) between his , and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague unrealized idea of Perfection : we may fafely pronounce ...
... judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the fubjects will bear it ) between his , and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague unrealized idea of Perfection : we may fafely pronounce ...
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... Montagu (Elizabeth). and fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty Genius ; judgment and taste will confess , that as a Writer he is far from be- ing faultlefs , ON B 3 ΟΝ DRAMATIC POETRY . B 4 ! [ 25 ] INTRODUCTION . 21.
... Montagu (Elizabeth). and fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty Genius ; judgment and taste will confess , that as a Writer he is far from be- ing faultlefs , ON B 3 ΟΝ DRAMATIC POETRY . B 4 ! [ 25 ] INTRODUCTION . 21.
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... judgment of the merit we fhould 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 ...
... judgment of the merit we fhould 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 ...
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