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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... she spoke at Athens , and as she now speaks at Paris , or in Italy ; and he can difcern between the natural language in which the addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which she has acquired from the prejudices of a ...
... she spoke at Athens , and as she now speaks at Paris , or in Italy ; and he can difcern between the natural language in which the addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which she has acquired from the prejudices of a ...
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... she wears any thing of intrinfic value it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these artifts it is fo fantaftically fashioned to modern modes , as to lofe all its original graces , and even that neceffary qualification of all ...
... she wears any thing of intrinfic value it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these artifts it is fo fantaftically fashioned to modern modes , as to lofe all its original graces , and even that neceffary qualification of all ...
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... She did corrupt frail nature with fome bribe To fhrink my arm like to a wither'd fhrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where fits deformity to mock my body ; To fhape my legs of an uneven fize ; To difproportion me in every ...
... She did corrupt frail nature with fome bribe To fhrink my arm like to a wither'd fhrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where fits deformity to mock my body ; To fhape my legs of an uneven fize ; To difproportion me in every ...
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... she does not understand ftate - affairs : a cruel reply to a speech he could have no motive for making , but to difplay his wisdom and eloquence . The old warrior is more com- plaifant to her , for he enters into all the delicacies of ...
... she does not understand ftate - affairs : a cruel reply to a speech he could have no motive for making , but to difplay his wisdom and eloquence . The old warrior is more com- plaifant to her , for he enters into all the delicacies of ...
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... she is , and all that happened to her at Aulis . As Aristotle gives this play the highest praise , we may be affured it did not in any respect offend the Greek tafte : and Boileau not injudiciously prefers this fimple expofition ...
... she is , and all that happened to her at Aulis . As Aristotle gives this play the highest praise , we may be affured it did not in any respect offend the Greek tafte : and Boileau not injudiciously prefers this fimple expofition ...
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