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 страница |
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... cause of cenfure ; for though our author , from want of delicacy or from a defire to please the popular tafte , thought he had done well , when he faithfully copi- ed nature , or reprefented cuftoms , it will ap- pear to politer times ...
... cause of cenfure ; for though our author , from want of delicacy or from a defire to please the popular tafte , thought he had done well , when he faithfully copi- ed nature , or reprefented cuftoms , it will ap- pear to politer times ...
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... cause , to a certain degree , the fame paffions and affections , as if what was ex- hibited was real . We have observed narra- tive imitation to be too faint and feeble a means to excite paffion : declamation , ftill worse , plays idly ...
... cause , to a certain degree , the fame paffions and affections , as if what was ex- hibited was real . We have observed narra- tive imitation to be too faint and feeble a means to excite paffion : declamation , ftill worse , plays idly ...
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... cause ; Tells them he doth beftride a bleeding land Gafping for life under great Bolingbroke : And more , and lefs , do flock to follow him . Nor Nor can the indecency of a prelate's ap- pearing in 118 The Second Part of HENRY IV .
... cause ; Tells them he doth beftride a bleeding land Gafping for life under great Bolingbroke : And more , and lefs , do flock to follow him . Nor Nor can the indecency of a prelate's ap- pearing in 118 The Second Part of HENRY IV .
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... cause to say so yet , - But thou fhalt have - and creep time ne'er fo flow , Yet it fhall come for me to do thee good . I had a thing to fay - but , let it go : The fun is in the heav'n , and the proud day , Attended with the pleasures ...
... cause to say so yet , - But thou fhalt have - and creep time ne'er fo flow , Yet it fhall come for me to do thee good . I had a thing to fay - but , let it go : The fun is in the heav'n , and the proud day , Attended with the pleasures ...
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... cause it abounds with reflections on tyranny . To flatter the republican spirit , all the Grecian tragedies are full of such reflections . But an oblique cenfure on the Perfian monarch could not have excufed the direct imputations ...
... cause it abounds with reflections on tyranny . To flatter the republican spirit , all the Grecian tragedies are full of such reflections . But an oblique cenfure on the Perfian monarch could not have excufed the direct imputations ...
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