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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Page 30
... supposed the death of Hector , or Sarpedon , to have had an equal effect on any reader of the Iliad ; fuch enthu- fiasm is to be caught only from the stage , and is the effect alone of strong - working sympa- thy , and paffions agitated ...
... supposed the death of Hector , or Sarpedon , to have had an equal effect on any reader of the Iliad ; fuch enthu- fiasm is to be caught only from the stage , and is the effect alone of strong - working sympa- thy , and paffions agitated ...
Page 49
... supposed that a critic of Pere Brumoy's tafte did not mean to con- vey an oblique cenfure in these observations . The tragic poet is not to let his Pegasus , like the Hippogriffe of Aftolpho , carry him to the moon ; he is to reprefent ...
... supposed that a critic of Pere Brumoy's tafte did not mean to con- vey an oblique cenfure in these observations . The tragic poet is not to let his Pegasus , like the Hippogriffe of Aftolpho , carry him to the moon ; he is to reprefent ...
Page 156
... supposed that the Athenians would have endured the moft violent affronts to have been offered to the character of that deity to whom they every day offered facrifice . An allegory being fometimes a mere physical hypothefis , without ...
... supposed that the Athenians would have endured the moft violent affronts to have been offered to the character of that deity to whom they every day offered facrifice . An allegory being fometimes a mere physical hypothefis , without ...
Page 240
... supposed to in- fpire his courage ; and , as he was to be not less distinguished for politeness than valour , he affected an air of fubmiffive obedience , while fhe , by the courtesy of knighthood , was allowed to affume à stile of ...
... supposed to in- fpire his courage ; and , as he was to be not less distinguished for politeness than valour , he affected an air of fubmiffive obedience , while fhe , by the courtesy of knighthood , was allowed to affume à stile of ...
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