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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... Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- ERRAT A. Page 25. to 51. Dele On the Drama . L. P. 27 . P. 39. L. P. 73. L. P. 121. L. P. 157. L. 17 . For Odyfly , read Odyssey . 18. For Phorbus , read Phorbas . 19. For Lufitcanians , read Lufitanians ...
... Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- ERRAT A. Page 25. to 51. Dele On the Drama . L. P. 27 . P. 39. L. P. 73. L. P. 121. L. P. 157. L. 17 . For Odyfly , read Odyssey . 18. For Phorbus , read Phorbas . 19. For Lufitcanians , read Lufitanians ...
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... Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- Par ERRATA . • 51. Dele On the Drama . 17. For Odyfly , read Odylley . 18. For Phorbus , read Phorbas L. 19. For Lufitcanians , read Lufitani L. L j . L a valiant , dele or " Omotheus , ad Pr le- cor ...
... Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- Par ERRATA . • 51. Dele On the Drama . 17. For Odyfly , read Odylley . 18. For Phorbus , read Phorbas L. 19. For Lufitcanians , read Lufitani L. L j . L a valiant , dele or " Omotheus , ad Pr le- cor ...
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... 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 by 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 by the ...
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... Death of Julius Cæfar , we should have abhorred Brutus as an affaffin , who by this artifice appears a tyrannicide : and had not Mr. Addifon made Cato a patriot , according to the Roman mode , we fhould think he was mad for killing ...
... Death of Julius Cæfar , we should have abhorred Brutus as an affaffin , who by this artifice appears a tyrannicide : and had not Mr. Addifon made Cato a patriot , according to the Roman mode , we fhould think he was mad for killing ...
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... death of Hippolytus , occafioned by the inter- pofition of Venus and Neptune , wear the apparent marks of fiction ; and when we cease to believe , we cease to be affected . The nature of the historical play gave scope to the extensive ...
... death of Hippolytus , occafioned by the inter- pofition of Venus and Neptune , wear the apparent marks of fiction ; and when we cease to believe , we cease to be affected . The nature of the historical play gave scope to the extensive ...
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