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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... practice and manner of the three celebrated Greek trage- dians were by fucceeding critics established as dramatic laws : happily for Shakespear , Mr. Mr. Johnfon , whofe genius and learning render him fuperior 14 INTRODUCTION .
... practice and manner of the three celebrated Greek trage- dians were by fucceeding critics established as dramatic laws : happily for Shakespear , Mr. Mr. Johnfon , whofe genius and learning render him fuperior 14 INTRODUCTION .
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... render him fuperior to a fervile awe of pe- dantic inftitutions , in his ingenious preface to his edition of Shakespear ... rendered compleat in this age . His genius produced works that time could not destroy : but some of the lighter ...
... render him fuperior to a fervile awe of pe- dantic inftitutions , in his ingenious preface to his edition of Shakespear ... rendered compleat in this age . His genius produced works that time could not destroy : but some of the lighter ...
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... rendered palpable to the fenses ; and every decoration of the Stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the fpec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through which it opens to itself a ...
... rendered palpable to the fenses ; and every decoration of the Stage is contrived to impose the delufion on the fpec- tator , by confpiring with the imitation . It is addreffed to the imagination , through which it opens to itself a ...
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... rendered a fine fpecimen of fculpture , from being beau- tifully coloured , or highly polished . It is frivolous and idle , therefore , to infift on any little incidental and acceffory beauties , where the main part , the very ...
... rendered a fine fpecimen of fculpture , from being beau- tifully coloured , or highly polished . It is frivolous and idle , therefore , to infift on any little incidental and acceffory beauties , where the main part , the very ...
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... le ciel même n'envoie Tant d'éclairs redoublés , qu'afin que je la voie . King Lear , whom age renders weak and querulous , and who is now beginning to grow grow mad , thus very naturally , in the ge- On the HISTORICAL DRAMA . 77.
... le ciel même n'envoie Tant d'éclairs redoublés , qu'afin que je la voie . King Lear , whom age renders weak and querulous , and who is now beginning to grow grow mad , thus very naturally , in the ge- On the HISTORICAL DRAMA . 77.
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