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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... admired by the next , and is revered , and almoft adored by the prefent . His merit is difputed by little wits , and his errors are the jets of little critics but there has not been a great ; poet , poet , or great critic , fince his ...
... admired by the next , and is revered , and almoft adored by the prefent . His merit is difputed by little wits , and his errors are the jets of little critics but there has not been a great ; poet , poet , or great critic , fince his ...
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... admire the prodigious ftructures of Stone - Henge , because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were ... admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . It has been already declared that Shake ...
... admire the prodigious ftructures of Stone - Henge , because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were ... admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . It has been already declared that Shake ...
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... admired paffages in the Greek tragedians : but we 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 ...
... admired paffages in the Greek tragedians : but we 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 ...
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... admiration of his genius , and still greater indignation at the treatment he had received from a French wit , who seems to think he has made prodigious conceffions to our prejudices in favour of the works of our countryman in allowing ...
... admiration of his genius , and still greater indignation at the treatment he had received from a French wit , who seems to think he has made prodigious conceffions to our prejudices in favour of the works of our countryman in allowing ...
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... admiration than con- tempt of an author , who by the force of genius rose so much above the age and circumftances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates moft from rules , can rife to faults true critics dare not mend ...
... admiration than con- tempt of an author , who by the force of genius rose so much above the age and circumftances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates moft from rules , can rife to faults true critics dare not mend ...
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