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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... a thorough enquiry into the genius of our great English claffic . Unprejudiced and candid judgment will be the furest basis of his fame . He is now in danger of incurring A his On the Hiftorical Drama Page INTRODUCTION Page.
... a thorough enquiry into the genius of our great English claffic . Unprejudiced and candid judgment will be the furest basis of his fame . He is now in danger of incurring A his On the Hiftorical Drama Page INTRODUCTION Page.
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... judgment of Shakespear's works , we are not to apply to the rules of Ariftotle , which would be like trying a man by the laws of one coun- try , who lived under thofe of another . Heaven - born genius acts from fomething A 4 fuperior ...
... judgment of Shakespear's works , we are not to apply to the rules of Ariftotle , which would be like trying a man by the laws of one coun- try , who lived under thofe of another . Heaven - born genius acts from fomething A 4 fuperior ...
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... judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the subjects well bear it ) between his and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague , unrealized idea of perfection : we may fafely pronounce ...
... judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the subjects well bear it ) between his and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague , unrealized idea of perfection : we may fafely pronounce ...
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... anguish of a burn , does her fon's pedantic intrufion of Mr. Lock doctrine , to prove that there is no heat in fire . Nature and fen- fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty genius ; judgment 20 INTRODUCTION .
... anguish of a burn , does her fon's pedantic intrufion of Mr. Lock doctrine , to prove that there is no heat in fire . Nature and fen- fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty genius ; judgment 20 INTRODUCTION .
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... , Mrs. Elizabeth MONTAGU. fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty genius ; judgment and taste will con- fess that as a writer he is far from being faultlefs . B 3 ON ON THE DRA MA : OR , ON DRAMATIC POETRY INTRODUCTION . 21.
... , Mrs. Elizabeth MONTAGU. fentiment will pronounce our Shakespear a mighty genius ; judgment and taste will con- fess that as a writer he is far from being faultlefs . B 3 ON ON THE DRA MA : OR , ON DRAMATIC POETRY INTRODUCTION . 21.
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