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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... noble and graceful fimplicity , the result of well regulated and fober magnanimity , reigns through the general manners . Then the mufes and the arts , neither effeminately deli- cate , cate , nor audaciously bold , affume their high ...
... noble and graceful fimplicity , the result of well regulated and fober magnanimity , reigns through the general manners . Then the mufes and the arts , neither effeminately deli- cate , cate , nor audaciously bold , affume their high ...
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... noble , ele- gant , and uncorrupted fimplicity . Such is his merit , that the more just and refined the taste of the nation is become , the more he has encreased in reputation . He was ap- proved by his own age , admired by the next ...
... noble , ele- gant , and uncorrupted fimplicity . Such is his merit , that the more just and refined the taste of the nation is become , the more he has encreased in reputation . He was ap- proved by his own age , admired by the next ...
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... noble task , To wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art , To raise the genius , and to mend the heart , To make mankind in conscious virtue bold , Live o'er each fcene , and be what they behold . He afcribes fuch power to a well ...
... noble task , To wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art , To raise the genius , and to mend the heart , To make mankind in conscious virtue bold , Live o'er each fcene , and be what they behold . He afcribes fuch power to a well ...
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... noble frankness of the fon of Achilles , and the crafty wiles of Ulyffes , which are so finely exhibited in the Tragedy of Sophocles , and so deeply intereft us in the dispute for the arrows , were all neglected , in order to en- gage ...
... noble frankness of the fon of Achilles , and the crafty wiles of Ulyffes , which are so finely exhibited in the Tragedy of Sophocles , and so deeply intereft us in the dispute for the arrows , were all neglected , in order to en- gage ...
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... noble- nefs of mind to arrogance of phrafe , or info- lence of manners . There is a certain ex- preffion of style and behaviour which verges towards barbarifm ; a ftate to which we may approach by roads that rife , as well as by those ...
... noble- nefs of mind to arrogance of phrafe , or info- lence of manners . There is a certain ex- preffion of style and behaviour which verges towards barbarifm ; a ftate to which we may approach by roads that rife , as well as by those ...
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