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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... language , in which the once addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which he has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jar- gon caught from the tone of a court . In or- der to please upon the ...
... language , in which the once addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which he has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jar- gon caught from the tone of a court . In or- der to please upon the ...
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... language . By conta- gion , or from complaifance to the taste of the public , Shakespear falls fometimes into the fashionable mode of writing but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble ...
... language . By conta- gion , or from complaifance to the taste of the public , Shakespear falls fometimes into the fashionable mode of writing but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble ...
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... language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a Bon Mot will appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the ...
... language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a Bon Mot will appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the ...
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... language too elevated for their apprehenfion ; nor have they leifure , or application , to trace the confequences of ill - governed paffions , or erro- neous principles , through the long feries of a voluminous work . The Drama is hap ...
... language too elevated for their apprehenfion ; nor have they leifure , or application , to trace the confequences of ill - governed paffions , or erro- neous principles , through the long feries of a voluminous work . The Drama is hap ...
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... language of paffion , which in all ranks of men is much alike . This kind of exterior representation falls intirely short of the in- tention of the Drama : and indeed many Plays are little more than Poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical ...
... language of paffion , which in all ranks of men is much alike . This kind of exterior representation falls intirely short of the in- tention of the Drama : and indeed many Plays are little more than Poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical ...
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