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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... less obse- quious in their address to their king , than the courtiers of the grand monarque . Thefeus is made a mere fighing fwain . Many of the greateft men of antiquity , and even the roughest Heroes amongst the Goths and Van- . dals ...
... less obse- quious in their address to their king , than the courtiers of the grand monarque . Thefeus is made a mere fighing fwain . Many of the greateft men of antiquity , and even the roughest Heroes amongst the Goths and Van- . dals ...
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... would be justly offended , if the loud groans and nauseous wounds of Philoctetes were imitated on the Stage ; but would Good fenfe be less of- fended , 4 fended , if , in the conduct of the play On DRAMATIC POETRY . 41.
... would be justly offended , if the loud groans and nauseous wounds of Philoctetes were imitated on the Stage ; but would Good fenfe be less of- fended , 4 fended , if , in the conduct of the play On DRAMATIC POETRY . 41.
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... more regular drama than his other historical plays , lefs charged with abfurdities , and less in- volved in confufion . It is indeed liable to those those objections , which are made to Tragi- comedy . 100 The First Part of HENRY IV .
... more regular drama than his other historical plays , lefs charged with abfurdities , and less in- volved in confufion . It is indeed liable to those those objections , which are made to Tragi- comedy . 100 The First Part of HENRY IV .
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... less his duty in regard to these superior and me- taphyfical , than to human characters . Indeed , from the invariableness of their natures , a greater confiftency and uniformity is necef- fary ; but most of all , as the belief of their ...
... less his duty in regard to these superior and me- taphyfical , than to human characters . Indeed , from the invariableness of their natures , a greater confiftency and uniformity is necef- fary ; but most of all , as the belief of their ...
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... less honour and improvement from the allegorizing art of Spencer , as has been fhewn by a Critic of great learning , inge- nuity , and tafte , in his obfervations on the Fairy Queen . Our first theatrical entertainments , after we ...
... less honour and improvement from the allegorizing art of Spencer , as has been fhewn by a Critic of great learning , inge- nuity , and tafte , in his obfervations on the Fairy Queen . Our first theatrical entertainments , after we ...
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