Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 pages |
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... shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are the object of confideration , if we do not remember the different circumstances under which which these writers were compofed . Shake- fpear's plays were INTRODUCTION . 13.
... shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are the object of confideration , if we do not remember the different circumstances under which which these writers were compofed . Shake- fpear's plays were INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... heroic labours , as to the fweat and toil of the poet in his closet , in afforting male and female rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the stage stage to the poet , the less we shall be 38 On the DRAMA : or ,
... heroic labours , as to the fweat and toil of the poet in his closet , in afforting male and female rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the stage stage to the poet , the less we shall be 38 On the DRAMA : or ,
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... shall be affected by what is acted ; and therefore if the diffi- culty of rhyme , and its apparent difference from the common language of dialogue , be such , as continually to fet the art and the artist before our eyes , the specific ...
... shall be affected by what is acted ; and therefore if the diffi- culty of rhyme , and its apparent difference from the common language of dialogue , be such , as continually to fet the art and the artist before our eyes , the specific ...
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... shall be perfectly convinced , if we compare the conduct and fentiments of Thefeus , and of the unfortu- nate daughter of Jocafta , in Antigone , and Edipus Coloneus , with the Thefeus and Dirce of Corneille ; where the enamoured pair ...
... shall be perfectly convinced , if we compare the conduct and fentiments of Thefeus , and of the unfortu- nate daughter of Jocafta , in Antigone , and Edipus Coloneus , with the Thefeus and Dirce of Corneille ; where the enamoured pair ...
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... 5me . Nor is this rule , that a princess can love only the fon of a king , a mere Spanish punto ; you shall hear two Spartan virgins , daugh- ters ters of Lyfander , fpeaking the fame language , ELPINICE 72 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... 5me . Nor is this rule , that a princess can love only the fon of a king , a mere Spanish punto ; you shall hear two Spartan virgins , daugh- ters ters of Lyfander , fpeaking the fame language , ELPINICE 72 On the HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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