Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 pàgines |
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... ftrength , depend on the mind , which animates the form . The critic but fashions the body of a work ; the poet must add the foul , which gives of force force and direction to its actions and gef- tures : 6 INTRODUCTION .
... ftrength , depend on the mind , which animates the form . The critic but fashions the body of a work ; the poet must add the foul , which gives of force force and direction to its actions and gef- tures : 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... minds , to whom a bon mot will ever appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn argu- ment ; so that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance and total want of design in Shakespear's ...
... minds , to whom a bon mot will ever appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn argu- ment ; so that many of our countrymen have haftily adopted this lively writer's opinion of the extravagance and total want of design in Shakespear's ...
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... mind ; which the example of judicious artifts , and the admonitions of delicate connoiffeurs had not taught , that only graceful nature and decent cuftoms give proper fubjects for imitation . It may be faid in mitigation of his fault ...
... mind ; which the example of judicious artifts , and the admonitions of delicate connoiffeurs had not taught , that only graceful nature and decent cuftoms give proper fubjects for imitation . It may be faid in mitigation of his fault ...
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... mind to heavenly contemplations , than to inftruct it in human affairs . In Greece , the general mother of arts , arofe the mighty genius of Homer ; of whom it may be faid , as it is of Socrates with relation to philofophy , that he ...
... mind to heavenly contemplations , than to inftruct it in human affairs . In Greece , the general mother of arts , arofe the mighty genius of Homer ; of whom it may be faid , as it is of Socrates with relation to philofophy , that he ...
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... integrity . But it is not compofed of ingredients of fuch efficacy as to fubdue the violent diftempers of the mind , Chap . 6. Du Poeme Epique par Boffu , 1. 2. c . 17 . ΠΟΣ nor can apply its art to the benefit of the 28 On the DRAMA : or ,
... integrity . But it is not compofed of ingredients of fuch efficacy as to fubdue the violent diftempers of the mind , Chap . 6. Du Poeme Epique par Boffu , 1. 2. c . 17 . ΠΟΣ nor can apply its art to the benefit of the 28 On the DRAMA : or ,
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Visualització completa - 1769 |
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Visualització completa - 1772 |
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