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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... plays are little more ) is no difficult matter ; for that is the eafieft part of every art perhaps ( but in poe- try without difpute ) in which the connoiffeur can direct the artist . I do not fuppofe the Critic imagined that a mere ...
... plays are little more ) is no difficult matter ; for that is the eafieft part of every art perhaps ( but in poe- try without difpute ) in which the connoiffeur can direct the artist . I do not fuppofe the Critic imagined that a mere ...
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... plays are written with the most 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 ...
... plays are written with the most 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 ...
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... plays were to be acted in a paltry tavern , to an un- lettered audience , juft emerging from barba → rity : the Greek tragedies were to be exhibit- ed at the public charge , under the care and aufpices of the magiftrates , at Athens ...
... plays were to be acted in a paltry tavern , to an un- lettered audience , juft emerging from barba → rity : the Greek tragedies were to be exhibit- ed at the public charge , under the care and aufpices of the magiftrates , at Athens ...
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... plays idly on the furface of the subject , and makes the Poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the fpectator . In many works of art , Our pleasure arifes from a reflection on the art itself ; and in a comparison ...
... plays idly on the furface of the subject , and makes the Poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the fpectator . In many works of art , Our pleasure arifes from a reflection on the art itself ; and in a comparison ...
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... fharper than a ferpent's tooth it is , To have a thanklefs child . By this we perceive , how deeply paternal affection is wounded by filial ingratitude . C 2 In In the play of King John , the legate offers On DRAMATIC POETRY . 35.
... fharper than a ferpent's tooth it is , To have a thanklefs child . By this we perceive , how deeply paternal affection is wounded by filial ingratitude . C 2 In In the play of King John , the legate offers On DRAMATIC POETRY . 35.
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