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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... thing will more affift our judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the fubjects will bear it ) between his , and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague unrealized idea of Perfection ...
... thing will more affift our judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the fubjects will bear it ) between his , and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague unrealized idea of Perfection ...
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... thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the chief purposes of theatrical representation . It avails little to prove , that the means by which he effects them are not those ...
... thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the chief purposes of theatrical representation . It avails little to prove , that the means by which he effects them are not those ...
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... but it imitates by narration . The moft perfect , and the best imitation , is cer- tainly that which gives the most adequate , * Arift . Poet . C. 1. Chap . 3 . lively , 1 lively , and faithful copy of the thing imi- On Dramatic Poetry P.
... but it imitates by narration . The moft perfect , and the best imitation , is cer- tainly that which gives the most adequate , * Arift . Poet . C. 1. Chap . 3 . lively , 1 lively , and faithful copy of the thing imi- On Dramatic Poetry P.
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... thing imi- tated . Homer was so fenfible of the fuperior force and efficacy of the dramatic manner , that he often drops the narrative to affume it ; and Aristotle fays , that for having invented the dramatic imitation , and not on ...
... thing imi- tated . Homer was so fenfible of the fuperior force and efficacy of the dramatic manner , that he often drops the narrative to affume it ; and Aristotle fays , that for having invented the dramatic imitation , and not on ...
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... things , when still Narration yields the place to animated Action . It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoiffeur in a polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to ...
... things , when still Narration yields the place to animated Action . It is as a moral philosopher , not as the mere connoiffeur in a polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to ...
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