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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... living manners degenerated , in vain did an Arif- totle and a Quintilian endeavour to restore by doctrine , what had been infpired by fenti- ment , and fashioned by manners . If the feverer mufes , whofe fphere is the Library and the ...
... living manners degenerated , in vain did an Arif- totle and a Quintilian endeavour to restore by doctrine , what had been infpired by fenti- ment , and fashioned by manners . If the feverer mufes , whofe fphere is the Library and the ...
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... deign to enquire , whe- ther they resemble the living perfons , they were intended to reprefent . Among these connoiffeurs , whose acquaintance with man- R B kind kind is formed in the library , not in the INTRODUCTION . 17.
... deign to enquire , whe- ther they resemble the living perfons , they were intended to reprefent . Among these connoiffeurs , whose acquaintance with man- R B kind kind is formed in the library , not in the INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... living words , joined to moving things , when still Narration yields the place to animated Action . It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoiffeur in a polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other ...
... living words , joined to moving things , when still Narration yields the place to animated Action . It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoiffeur in a polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other ...
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... the human voice ; would a real connoiffeur abandon the living actors for fuch lifelefs images , because fome nice and dainty Critic pleaded , pleaded , that the puppets were not fub- ject to 80 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... the human voice ; would a real connoiffeur abandon the living actors for fuch lifelefs images , because fome nice and dainty Critic pleaded , pleaded , that the puppets were not fub- ject to 80 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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... living in the fame palace , having been long in love with the fame princess , have never yet intimated their paffion to each other , not from motives of jealousy or diftruft , but that their confidents may tell it the fpectator , and ...
... living in the fame palace , having been long in love with the fame princess , have never yet intimated their paffion to each other , not from motives of jealousy or diftruft , but that their confidents may tell it the fpectator , and ...
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