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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... Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance , and total want of defign in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned , deep , and ...
... Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo , Argu- ment ; fo that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance , and total want of defign in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned , deep , and ...
Page 86
... reason why he should put an end to his life , or probability that the would fuffer him to do it . To make minute criticisms , where the great parts are fo defective , would be trifling . Having obferved how poorly Corneille has ...
... reason why he should put an end to his life , or probability that the would fuffer him to do it . To make minute criticisms , where the great parts are fo defective , would be trifling . Having obferved how poorly Corneille has ...
Page 96
... reason have suggested * , it is certain his reign was full of discontents and troubles . The popular arts by which he captivated the multitude are finely defcribed in the fpeech he makes to his fon , in the third act . Any other poet ...
... reason have suggested * , it is certain his reign was full of discontents and troubles . The popular arts by which he captivated the multitude are finely defcribed in the fpeech he makes to his fon , in the third act . Any other poet ...
Page 139
... it . " It should indeed be what our Imagination will adopt , though our Reason would reject * Hurd , on Dramatic Imitation . it . it . Great caution and dexterity are required in the On the Præternatural Beings . 139.
... it . " It should indeed be what our Imagination will adopt , though our Reason would reject * Hurd , on Dramatic Imitation . it . it . Great caution and dexterity are required in the On the Præternatural Beings . 139.
Page 147
... reason , and the steady lamp of inquifitive philosophy , throw their penetrating rays upon the phantoms of Imagination , they difcover them to have been mere shadows , formed by ignorance . The thunderbolts of Jove , forged in Cim ...
... reason , and the steady lamp of inquifitive philosophy , throw their penetrating rays upon the phantoms of Imagination , they difcover them to have been mere shadows , formed by ignorance . The thunderbolts of Jove , forged in Cim ...
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