An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 pages |
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... Spectator , reasonable , till she so strongly ex- preffes the peculiar tendernefs of maternal love , by answering , He fpeaks to me that never had a fon . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a murderer ...
... Spectator , reasonable , till she so strongly ex- preffes the peculiar tendernefs of maternal love , by answering , He fpeaks to me that never had a fon . One might be made to conceive , in fome degree , the horrors of a murderer ...
Page 42
... spectator ; but is not Thefeus , in the midst of plagues and famine , adoring les beaux jeux of the princess Dirce as much an object of ridi- cule ? Fine dialogues of love , interwoven with a tale of Fine 42 On DRAMATIC POETRY .
... spectator ; but is not Thefeus , in the midst of plagues and famine , adoring les beaux jeux of the princess Dirce as much an object of ridi- cule ? Fine dialogues of love , interwoven with a tale of Fine 42 On DRAMATIC POETRY .
Page 62
... spectator , whofe mind is in- tent upon , and impatient for the cataftro- phe ; and unless they arife neceffarily out of the circumstances the perfon is in , they appear unnatural . For in the preffure of extreme distress , men are ...
... spectator , whofe mind is in- tent upon , and impatient for the cataftro- phe ; and unless they arife neceffarily out of the circumstances the perfon is in , they appear unnatural . For in the preffure of extreme distress , men are ...
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... spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumftances of the perfons reprefented : they cannot fympathize with them , unless they have fome conception of a tender paffion , com- bated by ...
... spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumftances of the perfons reprefented : they cannot fympathize with them , unless they have fome conception of a tender paffion , com- bated by ...
Page 89
... , the fubfequent events are to flow . An intelligent spectator will re- ceive great pleasure from obferving every action action naturally arifing out of the fentiments and manners of [ 89 ] The First Part of Henry IV P.
... , the fubfequent events are to flow . An intelligent spectator will re- ceive great pleasure from obferving every action action naturally arifing out of the fentiments and manners of [ 89 ] The First Part of Henry IV P.
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