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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... natural 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 ...
... natural 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 ...
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... Nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of original writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into unexplored regions of in- vention , and boldly strike into the ...
... Nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of original writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into unexplored regions of in- vention , and boldly strike into the ...
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... nature , which we ought to view as we do other prodigies , with an attention to , and admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of Greatness . 2 It It has been already declared , that Shake- fpear is INTRODUCTION . II.
... nature , which we ought to view as we do other prodigies , with an attention to , and admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of Greatness . 2 It It has been already declared , that Shake- fpear is INTRODUCTION . II.
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... 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 That to be well executed , in any art , which ...
... 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 That to be well executed , in any art , which ...
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... nature , as he found it , in the busy walks of human life , he drew from an ori- ginal , with which the Literati are seldom well acquainted . They perceive his portraits are not of the Grecian or of the Roman school ; fo that after ...
... nature , as he found it , in the busy walks of human life , he drew from an ori- ginal , with which the Literati are seldom well acquainted . They perceive his portraits are not of the Grecian or of the Roman school ; fo that after ...
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