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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Page 77
... hears the noise of a tempeft , and thus breaks out : PYMANTE . Mes menaces déja font trembler tout le monde : Le vent fuit d'épouvante , et le tonnetre en gronde : L'œil du ciel s'en retire , et par un voile noir , N'y pouvant réfifter ...
... hears the noise of a tempeft , and thus breaks out : PYMANTE . Mes menaces déja font trembler tout le monde : Le vent fuit d'épouvante , et le tonnetre en gronde : L'œil du ciel s'en retire , et par un voile noir , N'y pouvant réfifter ...
Page 79
... hear the deep - voiced thunder , and the roaring elements , would have been to defcribe the awful horrors of this midnight ftorm . The French Critic apologizes for our per- fifting in the representation of Shakespear's plays , by faying ...
... hear the deep - voiced thunder , and the roaring elements , would have been to defcribe the awful horrors of this midnight ftorm . The French Critic apologizes for our per- fifting in the representation of Shakespear's plays , by faying ...
Page 120
... hear with reverence , Your expofition on the holy text ; Than now to see you here an iron man , Cheering a rout of rebels with your drum , Turning the word to fword , and life to death . That man that fits within a monarch's heart , And ...
... hear with reverence , Your expofition on the holy text ; Than now to see you here an iron man , Cheering a rout of rebels with your drum , Turning the word to fword , and life to death . That man that fits within a monarch's heart , And ...
Page 128
... idle merriment ; ( A paffion hateful to my purposes ) Or if thou couldeft fee me without eyes , Hear me without thine ears , and make reply Without Without a tongue , ufing conceit alone , Without eyes 128 The Second Part of HENRY IV .
... idle merriment ; ( A paffion hateful to my purposes ) Or if thou couldeft fee me without eyes , Hear me without thine ears , and make reply Without Without a tongue , ufing conceit alone , Without eyes 128 The Second Part of HENRY IV .
Page 142
... hear the folemn curfew ; by whofe aid ( Weak masters tho ' ye be ) I have bedimm'd The noon - tide fun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And ' twixt the green - fea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war ; to the dread rattling thunder ...
... hear the folemn curfew ; by whofe aid ( Weak masters tho ' ye be ) I have bedimm'd The noon - tide fun , call'd forth the mutinous winds , And ' twixt the green - fea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war ; to the dread rattling thunder ...
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