 | Voltaire - 1761 - 330 pàgines
...manner than by dumb fhew : but they did not do even ft much as this. The Englifh are more fond of a&ion than we are, and fpeak more to the eye : the French...Cato, which reflects fo much honour on MrAddifon, your fuccefTor in the miniftry, I have heard you fay, owes its great reputation to its fine poetry ; that... | |
 | Voltaire - 1901 - 614 pàgines
...speak more to the eye ; the French give more attention to elegance, harmony, and the charms of verse. It is certainly more difficult to write well than to bring upon the stage assassinations, wheels, mechanical powers, ghosts, and sorcerers. The tragedy of "Cato," which... | |
 | Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1901 - 328 pàgines
...speak more to the eye ; the French give more attention to elegance, harmony, and the charms of verse. It is certainly more difficult to write well than to bring upon the stage assassinations, wheels, mechanical powers, ghosts, and sorcerers. The tragedy of "Cato," which... | |
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The English are more fond of action than we are, and speak more to the eye ; the French give more attention to elegance, harmony, and the charms of verse. It is certainly more difficult to write well than to bring upon the stage assassinations, wheels,... 