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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Page 7
... presents to the fpectators a kind of heroic puppet - fhew . As these pieces take their rife in the school of Criticism , they re- turn thither again , and are as good subjects for the students in that art , as a dead body to the ...
... presents to the fpectators a kind of heroic puppet - fhew . As these pieces take their rife in the school of Criticism , they re- turn thither again , and are as good subjects for the students in that art , as a dead body to the ...
Page 39
... present certain perfons and events , does not , in any degree , exist in fuch compofitions . Sophocles certainly unfolds the fatal mystery of the birth of Edipus with great art : but our interest in the play arifes not from re- flection ...
... present certain perfons and events , does not , in any degree , exist in fuch compofitions . Sophocles certainly unfolds the fatal mystery of the birth of Edipus with great art : but our interest in the play arifes not from re- flection ...
Page 49
... presents to us ! and how agreeably would the heroes of antiquity be furprised to find themselves adorned by new manners , not indeed like their own , but which yet do not misbecome them ! It can hardly be supposed that a Critic of Pere ...
... presents to us ! and how agreeably would the heroes of antiquity be furprised to find themselves adorned by new manners , not indeed like their own , but which yet do not misbecome them ! It can hardly be supposed that a Critic of Pere ...
Page 77
... present , with another in Clitandre ; as they both happen to be on similar subjects . The blinded lover , after many complaints , and wishes for revenge , hears the noise of a tempeft , and thus breaks out : PYMANTE . Mes menaces déja ...
... present , with another in Clitandre ; as they both happen to be on similar subjects . The blinded lover , after many complaints , and wishes for revenge , hears the noise of a tempeft , and thus breaks out : PYMANTE . Mes menaces déja ...
Page 89
... present circumftances , and the charac- ters of the perfons from whose conduct , in fuch circumstances , the fubfequent events are to flow . An intelligent spectator will re- ceive great pleasure from obferving every action action ...
... present circumftances , and the charac- ters of the perfons from whose conduct , in fuch circumstances , the fubfequent events are to flow . An intelligent spectator will re- ceive great pleasure from obferving every action action ...
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