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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... taste , which would equally disdain quaintness of ornament , or the rude neglect of elegance and decorum . Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then were produced immortal works of every kind ! But , when the living manners degenerated ...
... taste , which would equally disdain quaintness of ornament , or the rude neglect of elegance and decorum . Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then were produced immortal works of every kind ! But , when the living manners degenerated ...
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... taste . Shakespear wrote at a time , when learning was tinctured with pedantry ; wit was un- polished , and mirth ill - bred . The court of Elizabeth spoke a scientific jargon , and a certain obscurity of style was univerfally affected ...
... taste . Shakespear wrote at a time , when learning was tinctured with pedantry ; wit was un- polished , and mirth ill - bred . The court of Elizabeth spoke a scientific jargon , and a certain obscurity of style was univerfally affected ...
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... taste been represented , by a writer of univerfal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a Bon Mot will appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo ...
... taste been represented , by a writer of univerfal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a Bon Mot will appear Reason , and an epigrammatic Turo ...
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... Voltaire Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth). and fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty Genius ; judgment and taste will confess , that as a Writer he is far from be- ing faultlefs , ON B 3 ΟΝ DRAMATIC POETRY . B 4 ! [ 25 ] INTRODUCTION .
... Voltaire Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth). and fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty Genius ; judgment and taste will confess , that as a Writer he is far from be- ing faultlefs , ON B 3 ΟΝ DRAMATIC POETRY . B 4 ! [ 25 ] INTRODUCTION .
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... taste had not been abfolutely perverted . Mr. Voltaire has the candor to own , this is a bad Tragedy ; but Corneille tells us , it was his good fortune to find it the general opinion , that none of his pieces was composed with more art ...
... taste had not been abfolutely perverted . Mr. Voltaire has the candor to own , this is a bad Tragedy ; but Corneille tells us , it was his good fortune to find it the general opinion , that none of his pieces was composed with more art ...
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