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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... piece , perhaps with the name of an Hercules , but , alas ! it was al- ways Hercules fpinning , that was fhewn to the spectator . And yet the editor of Cor- neille's works , in terms fo grofs as are hardly pardonable pardonable in such ...
... piece , perhaps with the name of an Hercules , but , alas ! it was al- ways Hercules fpinning , that was fhewn to the spectator . And yet the editor of Cor- neille's works , in terms fo grofs as are hardly pardonable pardonable in such ...
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... pieces . It must be owned , that in fome places they bear the marks of the unpolished times , in which he wrote , but one cannot forbear fmil- ing to hear a critic , who profeffes himself an admirer of the tragedies of Corneille , ob ...
... pieces . It must be owned , that in fome places they bear the marks of the unpolished times , in which he wrote , but one cannot forbear fmil- ing to hear a critic , who profeffes himself an admirer of the tragedies of Corneille , ob ...
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... piece , whom he defigned for a Man , remains a cold inanimate Statue ; which , moving on the wood and wire of the great masters in the mechanical part of the drama , presents to the fpectators a kind of heroic puppet - fhew . As these ...
... piece , whom he defigned for a Man , remains a cold inanimate Statue ; which , moving on the wood and wire of the great masters in the mechanical part of the drama , presents to the fpectators a kind of heroic puppet - fhew . As these ...
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... , in allowing them the credit of a few fplen- did paffages , while he speaks of every entire piece as a monstrous and ill - constructed Farce . farce . Ridiculously has our poet , and ridi- culously 16 INTRODUCTION !
... , in allowing them the credit of a few fplen- did paffages , while he speaks of every entire piece as a monstrous and ill - constructed Farce . farce . Ridiculously has our poet , and ridi- culously 16 INTRODUCTION !
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... piece is deprived of that peculiar influence over the mind , which it derives from the vivid force of Representation . Segnius irritant animos demiffa per aurem , Quam quæ funt oculis fubjecta fidelibus , et quæ Ipfe fibi tradit ...
... piece is deprived of that peculiar influence over the mind , which it derives from the vivid force of Representation . Segnius irritant animos demiffa per aurem , Quam quæ funt oculis fubjecta fidelibus , et quæ Ipfe fibi tradit ...
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