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 Voltaire |
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... be ) I have bedimm'd The noon - tide sun , callid forth the mutinous winds , And ' twixt the green - sea and the azur'd vault Šet roaring war ; to the dread rattling thunder Have I giv'n fire , and rifted Jove's stout oak With his ...
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