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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... observed narra- tive imitation to be too faint and feeble a means to excite paffion : declamation , ftill worse , plays idly on the furface of the subject , and makes the Poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the ...
... observed narra- tive imitation to be too faint and feeble a means to excite paffion : declamation , ftill worse , plays idly on the furface of the subject , and makes the Poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the ...
Page 60
... observations from the characters in action , which every reader of penetration will find the invariable practice of our au → thor ; and when he introduces a general maxim , it seems drawn from him by the occafion . As it arifes out of ...
... observations from the characters in action , which every reader of penetration will find the invariable practice of our au → thor ; and when he introduces a general maxim , it seems drawn from him by the occafion . As it arifes out of ...
Page 76
... observe , that though crouded too much , they are not so perplexed as to be unintelligible , which Corneille confeffes his Clitandre might be to those who faw it but once , There is ftill another more effential difference per- haps ...
... observe , that though crouded too much , they are not so perplexed as to be unintelligible , which Corneille confeffes his Clitandre might be to those who faw it but once , There is ftill another more effential difference per- haps ...
Page 137
... observe the accustomed rites , and the attributes of the object of veneration ; then shall he not vainly invoke an inexora- ble or abfent deity . Ghosts , Fairies , Goblins , Elves , were as propitious , were as affistant to Shakespear ...
... observe the accustomed rites , and the attributes of the object of veneration ; then shall he not vainly invoke an inexora- ble or abfent deity . Ghosts , Fairies , Goblins , Elves , were as propitious , were as affistant to Shakespear ...
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... observed by a late commentator , that this piece does not abound with thofe nice difcriminations of character , ufual in the plays of our Author , the events being too great to admit the influence of particular difpofitions . It ap ...
... observed by a late commentator , that this piece does not abound with thofe nice difcriminations of character , ufual in the plays of our Author , the events being too great to admit the influence of particular difpofitions . It ap ...
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