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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... polite literature does not begin with that period , which Mr. de Voltaire calls Le Siecle de Louis quatorze . Before he is admitted as a spectator at the theatre in London , it is probable he has already heard the tragic muse as she ...
... polite literature does not begin with that period , which Mr. de Voltaire calls Le Siecle de Louis quatorze . Before he is admitted as a spectator at the theatre in London , it is probable he has already heard the tragic muse as she ...
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... polite literature , were in a degree of perfection which fucceeding ages have emulated in vain . It happened in the literary as in the moral world ; a few fages , from the veneration which they had obtained by extraordinary wisdom , and ...
... polite literature , were in a degree of perfection which fucceeding ages have emulated in vain . It happened in the literary as in the moral world ; a few fages , from the veneration which they had obtained by extraordinary wisdom , and ...
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... polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to Tragedy , as capable to purge the paffions , by the means of pity and terror * . The object of the epic Poem is to inspire magnanimity ...
... polite art , that Arif 、 totle gives the preference , above all other modes of poetic imitation , to Tragedy , as capable to purge the paffions , by the means of pity and terror * . The object of the epic Poem is to inspire magnanimity ...
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... polite court of Louis XIV . The Edipus of Corneille is so far below cri- ticism , that I fhould not have taken any no- tice of it but as it was neceffary to bring a ftrong proof of the depravity of taste in those times . Mr. Voltaire ...
... polite court of Louis XIV . The Edipus of Corneille is so far below cri- ticism , that I fhould not have taken any no- tice of it but as it was neceffary to bring a ftrong proof of the depravity of taste in those times . Mr. Voltaire ...
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... he had not been tutored by any rules of art , or informed by acquaintance with just and re- gular drama's . Even the politer fort by reading E 4 reading books of chivalry , which were the polite literature On the HISTORICAL DRAMA . 71.
... he had not been tutored by any rules of art , or informed by acquaintance with just and re- gular drama's . Even the politer fort by reading E 4 reading books of chivalry , which were the polite literature On the HISTORICAL DRAMA . 71.
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