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 VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 pàgines |
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... base , such lewd , such mean attempts , Such barren pleasures , rude fociety As thou art match'd withal , and grafted to , Accompany the greatness of thy blood , # And hold their level with thy princely heart ? G K. HENRY . K. HENRY ...
... base , such lewd , such mean attempts , Such barren pleasures , rude fociety As thou art match'd withal , and grafted to , Accompany the greatness of thy blood , # And hold their level with thy princely heart ? G K. HENRY . K. HENRY ...
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... base degrees By which he did afcend . So Cæfar may . Thus Mr. Voltaire tranflates it , BRUTUS . On fait affez quelle eft l'ambition . L'échelle des grandeurs à fes yeux fe présente ; Elle y monte en cachant fon front aux fpectateurs ...
... base degrees By which he did afcend . So Cæfar may . Thus Mr. Voltaire tranflates it , BRUTUS . On fait affez quelle eft l'ambition . L'échelle des grandeurs à fes yeux fe présente ; Elle y monte en cachant fon front aux fpectateurs ...
Pàgina 220
... base , and timid . Maximus , the other confpirator , seems at firft a better character ; but in the third act he makes a moft lamentable confeffion to a flave , of his love for Emilia , and his jealousy of Cinna : this flave gives fuch ...
... base , and timid . Maximus , the other confpirator , seems at firft a better character ; but in the third act he makes a moft lamentable confeffion to a flave , of his love for Emilia , and his jealousy of Cinna : this flave gives fuch ...
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... base counfels , which alone put a ftop to the felicity of reviving liberty . " Tis you alone that have now deprived us of it . From the hand of Cæfar Brutus would have accepted the liberty of Rome ; and never , from a paltry interest of ...
... base counfels , which alone put a ftop to the felicity of reviving liberty . " Tis you alone that have now deprived us of it . From the hand of Cæfar Brutus would have accepted the liberty of Rome ; and never , from a paltry interest of ...
Pàgina 235
... base defign ! " Auguftus cuts him fhort in this difgrace- ful lie , fhewing him he has full information of the plot ; and very justly says , " The liberty of thy country could not be thy object , for then thou wouldst not have hin ...
... base defign ! " Auguftus cuts him fhort in this difgrace- ful lie , fhewing him he has full information of the plot ; and very justly says , " The liberty of thy country could not be thy object , for then thou wouldst not have hin ...
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