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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... grace motion , and exertion of ftrength , depend on the mind , which animates the form . The critic but fashions the body of a work ; the poet must add the foul , which gives of force force and direction to its actions and gef- tures ...
... grace motion , and exertion of ftrength , depend on the mind , which animates the form . The critic but fashions the body of a work ; the poet must add the foul , which gives of force force and direction to its actions and gef- tures ...
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... grace and propriety , when he exhibited the chiefs in our civil wars . The great Earl of Warwick , Car- dinal Beaufort , Humphrey Duke of Glou- cefter , the renowned Hotfpur , were very interefting objects to their countrymen . Whatever ...
... grace and propriety , when he exhibited the chiefs in our civil wars . The great Earl of Warwick , Car- dinal Beaufort , Humphrey Duke of Glou- cefter , the renowned Hotfpur , were very interefting objects to their countrymen . Whatever ...
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... grace ! -I am a man ' More finn'd against than finning . Thus it is Shakefpear redeems the non- fenfe , the indecorums , the irregularities of his plays ; and whoever , for want of natural tafte , or ignorance in the English lan- guage ...
... grace ! -I am a man ' More finn'd against than finning . Thus it is Shakefpear redeems the non- fenfe , the indecorums , the irregularities of his plays ; and whoever , for want of natural tafte , or ignorance in the English lan- guage ...
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... grace do I in chief address , The fubftance of my fpeech . If that rebellion Came like itself , in bafe and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth , goaded with rage , And countenanc'd by boys and beggary ; I fay , if damn'd commotion fo ...
... grace do I in chief address , The fubftance of my fpeech . If that rebellion Came like itself , in bafe and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth , goaded with rage , And countenanc'd by boys and beggary ; I fay , if damn'd commotion fo ...
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... grace , Into the harsh and boift'rous tongue of war ? LANCASTER . My lord of York , it better fhew'd with you , When ... grace , the fanctities of heav'n , And our dull workings : O , who shall believe But you mifufe the rev'rence of ...
... grace , Into the harsh and boift'rous tongue of war ? LANCASTER . My lord of York , it better fhew'd with you , When ... grace , the fanctities of heav'n , And our dull workings : O , who shall believe But you mifufe the rev'rence of ...
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