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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... whose sphere is the library and the fenate , are obliged in com- plaifance to this degeneracy , to trick them- felves out with meretricious and frivolous ornaments , as is too apparent from the com- pofitions of the historians and ...
... whose sphere is the library and the fenate , are obliged in com- plaifance to this degeneracy , to trick them- felves out with meretricious and frivolous ornaments , as is too apparent from the com- pofitions of the historians and ...
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... 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 to his merit , will guard our ...
... 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 to his merit , will guard our ...
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... 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 to his merit , will guard our author's ...
... 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 to his merit , will guard our author's ...
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... whose various chiefs are thereby exhorted to unanimity ; the Odyffy , to the general con- dition of human nature ; but the epifodical part of his works he has enriched with mythology , phyfical allegory , the fine arts , and whatever ...
... whose various chiefs are thereby exhorted to unanimity ; the Odyffy , to the general con- dition of human nature ; but the epifodical part of his works he has enriched with mythology , phyfical allegory , the fine arts , and whatever ...
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... whose judgment was formed by philofophy , and a deep knowledge of human nature . He faw the powerful agency of living words , joined to moving things , when still narration yields the place to animated action . It is as a moral ...
... whose judgment was formed by philofophy , and a deep knowledge of human nature . He faw the powerful agency of living words , joined to moving things , when still narration yields the place to animated action . It is as a moral ...
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