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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... writer of monstrous Farces , called by him Tragedies ; and bar- barifm and ignorance are attributed to the nation , by which he is admired . Yet if wits , poets , critics , could ever be charged with prefumption , one might fay there ...
... writer of monstrous Farces , called by him Tragedies ; and bar- barifm and ignorance are attributed to the nation , by which he is admired . Yet if wits , poets , critics , could ever be charged with prefumption , one might fay there ...
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... writers in the following lines : Gardez donc de donner , ainfi que dans Clélie , L'air ni l'efprit François à l'antique Italie ; Et fous des noms Romains faiffant notre portrait , Peindre Caton galant , & Brutus damoret . The Horatii ...
... writers in the following lines : Gardez donc de donner , ainfi que dans Clélie , L'air ni l'efprit François à l'antique Italie ; Et fous des noms Romains faiffant notre portrait , Peindre Caton galant , & Brutus damoret . The Horatii ...
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... writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into unexplored regions of in- vention , and boldly strike into the pathless Sublime it is no wonder if they are often bewildered ...
... writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into unexplored regions of in- vention , and boldly strike into the pathless Sublime it is no wonder if they are often bewildered ...
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... - matic poet , whose chief interest it is to please the people , fhould , more than any other writer , conform himself to their hu- mour ; and appear more ftrongly infected with with the faults of the times , whether they be INTRODUCTION .
... - matic poet , whose chief interest it is to please the people , fhould , more than any other writer , conform himself to their hu- mour ; and appear more ftrongly infected with with the faults of the times , whether they be INTRODUCTION .
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... writer of univerfal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the ... writer's opinion of the extravagance , and total want of defign in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned , deep ...
... writer of univerfal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the ... writer's opinion of the extravagance , and total want of defign in Shakespear's dramas . With the more learned , deep ...
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