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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... object of Poetry , among the ancients , was the inftruction of mankind , in religion , morals , philofophy , & c . To thefe great purposes were tuned the harps of Orpheus , Mufæus , Hefiod , Callimachus , & c . Nor in Greece alone was ...
... object of Poetry , among the ancients , was the inftruction of mankind , in religion , morals , philofophy , & c . To thefe great purposes were tuned the harps of Orpheus , Mufæus , Hefiod , Callimachus , & c . Nor in Greece alone was ...
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... object of the epic Poem is to inspire magnanimity ; to give good documents of life ; to induce good habits ; and , like a wholesome regimen , to preserve the whole moral œconomy in a cer- tain foundness and integrity . But it is not ...
... object of the epic Poem is to inspire magnanimity ; to give good documents of life ; to induce good habits ; and , like a wholesome regimen , to preserve the whole moral œconomy in a cer- tain foundness and integrity . But it is not ...
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... object ; but how fully , and how forcibly is the confcioufnefs of guilt expreffed by Macbeth , when , fpeaking of the grooms who lay near Duncan , he fays , MACBETH . One cry'd , God blefs us ! and Amen ! the other ; As they had feen me ...
... object ; but how fully , and how forcibly is the confcioufnefs of guilt expreffed by Macbeth , when , fpeaking of the grooms who lay near Duncan , he fays , MACBETH . One cry'd , God blefs us ! and Amen ! the other ; As they had feen me ...
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... object of the Poet or the Audience . The firft endeavour of the Poet fhould be to touch the heart , the next to mend it . What would the ancients fay , who would not fuffer even the inarticulate founds of mufic to utter tones that might ...
... object of the Poet or the Audience . The firft endeavour of the Poet fhould be to touch the heart , the next to mend it . What would the ancients fay , who would not fuffer even the inarticulate founds of mufic to utter tones that might ...
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... object of the Drama ; and the manner of conducting their Tragedy feems no lefs a deviation from that which the great Poets practised , and the best Critics taught . If they have avoided monstrous errors and abfurdities , it is but the ...
... object of the Drama ; and the manner of conducting their Tragedy feems no lefs a deviation from that which the great Poets practised , and the best Critics taught . If they have avoided monstrous errors and abfurdities , it is but the ...
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