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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... attention to , and admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . It has been already declared that Shake- spear is not to be tried by any code of critic laws i laws ; nor is it more equitable to judge him ...
... attention to , and admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . It has been already declared that Shake- spear is not to be tried by any code of critic laws i laws ; nor is it more equitable to judge him ...
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... which it opens to itself a communication to the heart , where it is to excite certain paffions and affections : each character being perfó- perfonated , and each event exhibited , the attention of On DRAMATIC POETRY . 29.
... which it opens to itself a communication to the heart , where it is to excite certain paffions and affections : each character being perfó- perfonated , and each event exhibited , the attention of On DRAMATIC POETRY . 29.
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... attention of the audience is greatly captivated , and the imagination fo far aids in the delu- fion , as to fympathize with the reprefenta- tion . To the mufe of tragedy , therefore , Mr. Pope has affigned the noble tafk , To wake the ...
... attention of the audience is greatly captivated , and the imagination fo far aids in the delu- fion , as to fympathize with the reprefenta- tion . To the mufe of tragedy , therefore , Mr. Pope has affigned the noble tafk , To wake the ...
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... attention of the audience would not be engaged fo much to the means by which he atchieved his 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 ...
... attention of the audience would not be engaged fo much to the means by which he atchieved his 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 ...
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... attention to fome love - fcenes be- tween Neoptolemus , and a fair nymph of Lemnos ? Would the poet be excused by pleading the effeminacy and gallantry of an audience , who would not endure so un- pleasing an object as a wounded man ...
... attention to fome love - fcenes be- tween Neoptolemus , and a fair nymph of Lemnos ? Would the poet be excused by pleading the effeminacy and gallantry of an audience , who would not endure so un- pleasing an object as a wounded man ...
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