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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... king than the courtiers of the grand monarque . Thefeus is made a mere fighing fwain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes among the Goths and Van- dals , were exhibited in this effeminate form . The ...
... king than the courtiers of the grand monarque . Thefeus is made a mere fighing fwain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes among the Goths and Van- dals , were exhibited in this effeminate form . The ...
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... King Lear , who leaves out whatever of this enormity is equally fenfible to the fpectator , and immediately expofes to ús his own internal feelings , when , in the bitterness of his foul , curfing his daughter's offspring , he adds ...
... King Lear , who leaves out whatever of this enormity is equally fenfible to the fpectator , and immediately expofes to ús his own internal feelings , when , in the bitterness of his foul , curfing his daughter's offspring , he adds ...
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... kings fear to be tyrants , " tyrants to manifeft their tyrannical hu- " mours ; that stirring the effects of admi- ❝ration and commiferation , teacheth the how uncertainty of this world , and upon " weak foundations gilded roofs are ...
... kings fear to be tyrants , " tyrants to manifeft their tyrannical hu- " mours ; that stirring the effects of admi- ❝ration and commiferation , teacheth the how uncertainty of this world , and upon " weak foundations gilded roofs are ...
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... he came fighing on After the admired heels of Bolingbroke , Cry'it now , O earth , yield us that king again , And take thou this . Moral Moral reflections may be more frequent in this kind of On the HISTORICAL DRAMA . 61.
... he came fighing on After the admired heels of Bolingbroke , Cry'it now , O earth , yield us that king again , And take thou this . Moral Moral reflections may be more frequent in this kind of On the HISTORICAL DRAMA . 61.
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... kings and heroes , and perfons greatly fuperior to us by nature or fortune . As there are poets of various talents , and readers of various taftes , one would rather wish all the fields of Parnaffus might be free and and open to men of ...
... kings and heroes , and perfons greatly fuperior to us by nature or fortune . As there are poets of various talents , and readers of various taftes , one would rather wish all the fields of Parnaffus might be free and and open to men of ...
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