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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... character , is lefs fit to be copied on the stage : and what are most parts of Corneille's boafted tragedies , but the romantic dialogue , its tedious foliloquy , and its extravagant fentiments in the true Gothic livery of rhyme ? The ...
... character , is lefs fit to be copied on the stage : and what are most parts of Corneille's boafted tragedies , but the romantic dialogue , its tedious foliloquy , and its extravagant fentiments in the true Gothic livery of rhyme ? The ...
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... character , and in all their compofitions seem to respect the chastity of the public taste , which would equally disdain quaintness of ornament , or the rude neglect of elegance and decorum . Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then ...
... character , and in all their compofitions seem to respect the chastity of the public taste , which would equally disdain quaintness of ornament , or the rude neglect of elegance and decorum . Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then ...
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... characters were become illegi- ble ; thefe have been restored by critics , whofe learning and penetration have traced back the veftiges of fuperannuated opinions and customs . They are now no longer in danger of being effaced , and the ...
... characters were become illegi- ble ; thefe have been restored by critics , whofe learning and penetration have traced back the veftiges of fuperannuated opinions and customs . They are now no longer in danger of being effaced , and the ...
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... characters preserved in learned museums , they do not deign to enquire , whe- ther they resemble the living perfons , they were intended to reprefent . Among these connoiffeurs , whose acquaintance with man- R B kind kind is formed in ...
... characters preserved in learned museums , they do not deign to enquire , whe- ther they resemble the living perfons , they were intended to reprefent . Among these connoiffeurs , whose acquaintance with man- R B kind kind is formed in ...
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... characters he must be allowed very far to furpafs all dramatic wri- ters , and even Homer himself ; he gives air of reality to every thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the ...
... characters he must be allowed very far to furpafs all dramatic wri- ters , and even Homer himself ; he gives air of reality to every thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the ...
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