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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... 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 . Shake- fpear's plays were INTRODUCTION . 13.
... 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 . Shake- fpear's plays were INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... circumstances the perfon is in , they appear unnatural . For in the preffure of extreme distress , a person is intent only on himself , and on the prefent exigence . The various interefts and characters in these historical plays , and ...
... circumstances the perfon is in , they appear unnatural . For in the preffure of extreme distress , a person is intent only on himself , and on the prefent exigence . The various interefts and characters in these historical plays , and ...
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... circumstances by our chronicles . The tragedians who took their fubjects from Homer , had all the advantage a painter would have , who was to draw a picture from a ftatue of Phidias or Praxi- teles . Poor Shakespear from the wooden ...
... circumstances by our chronicles . The tragedians who took their fubjects from Homer , had all the advantage a painter would have , who was to draw a picture from a ftatue of Phidias or Praxi- teles . Poor Shakespear from the wooden ...
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... circumstances and fitua- tions the poet had appointed for them , that they never betrayed they were actors , but fometimes would have an aukward gesture , or for a moment a vicious pronunciation , fhould we not conftantly refort thither ...
... circumstances and fitua- tions the poet had appointed for them , that they never betrayed they were actors , but fometimes would have an aukward gesture , or for a moment a vicious pronunciation , fhould we not conftantly refort thither ...
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... circumstances of the perfons represented : they cannot fympathize with them , unless they have fome conception of a tender paffion , combated by ambition , or ambition ftruggling with love . The fable of the French plays is often taken ...
... circumstances of the perfons represented : they cannot fympathize with them , unless they have fome conception of a tender paffion , combated by ambition , or ambition ftruggling with love . The fable of the French plays is often taken ...
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