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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... these editors , leaves me no room to entertain the vain prefumption of attempt- ing to correct any paffages of this cele- brated author ; but the whole , as cor- rected and elucidated by them , lies open to a thorough enquiry into the ...
... these editors , leaves me no room to entertain the vain prefumption of attempt- ing to correct any paffages of this cele- brated author ; but the whole , as cor- rected and elucidated by them , lies open to a thorough enquiry into the ...
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... these critics has attempted to finish a work by his own rules , he has rarely been able to convey into it one spark of divine fire ; and the hero of his piece , whom he defigned for a man , remains a cold inanimate ftatue ; which ...
... these critics has attempted to finish a work by his own rules , he has rarely been able to convey into it one spark of divine fire ; and the hero of his piece , whom he defigned for a man , remains a cold inanimate ftatue ; which ...
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... these articles , per- haps , there is not any thing will more affift our 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 ...
... these articles , per- haps , there is not any thing will more affift our 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 ...
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... these writers were compofed . Shake- fpear's plays were to be acted in a paltry tavern , to an unlettered audience , juft emerging from barbarity : the Greek trage- dies were to be exhibited at the public charge , under the care and ...
... these writers were compofed . Shake- fpear's plays were to be acted in a paltry tavern , to an unlettered audience , juft emerging from barbarity : the Greek trage- dies were to be exhibited at the public charge , under the care and ...
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... these have been reftored by critics whose learning and penetration traced back the veftiges of fuperannuated opinions and customs . They are now no longer in danger , of being effaced , and the teftimonies of thefe learned commentators ...
... these have been reftored by critics whose learning and penetration traced back the veftiges of fuperannuated opinions and customs . They are now no longer in danger , of being effaced , and the teftimonies of thefe learned commentators ...
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