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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... pleasure and the toil of their adventures , than ftill to follow the cautious fteps of timid imita- tors through trite and common roads . Ge- nius is of a bold enterprizing nature , ill adapted to the formal restraints of critic ...
... pleasure and the toil of their adventures , than ftill to follow the cautious fteps of timid imita- tors through trite and common roads . Ge- nius is of a bold enterprizing nature , ill adapted to the formal restraints of critic ...
Pàgina 33
... pleasure arifes from a reflection on the art itself ; and in a comparison , drawn by the mind , between the original and the copy before us . But here the art and the artist must not appear ; for , as often as we recur to the poet , fo ...
... pleasure arifes from a reflection on the art itself ; and in a comparison , drawn by the mind , between the original and the copy before us . But here the art and the artist must not appear ; for , as often as we recur to the poet , fo ...
Pàgina 38
... pleasure of their audience arifes from a reflection on the difficulty of rhyming in that language . If that be the cafe , it is plain neither the French tragedians endeavour at , or their audience expect from them , the true perfections ...
... pleasure of their audience arifes from a reflection on the difficulty of rhyming in that language . If that be the cafe , it is plain neither the French tragedians endeavour at , or their audience expect from them , the true perfections ...
Pàgina 49
... pleasure does he make us behold ourselves in the perfons he presents to us ! and how agreeably would the heroes of antiquity be surprised to find themselves adorned by new manners , not indeed like their own , but which yet do not ...
... pleasure does he make us behold ourselves in the perfons he presents to us ! and how agreeably would the heroes of antiquity be surprised to find themselves adorned by new manners , not indeed like their own , but which yet do not ...
Pàgina 78
... pleasure ; here I ftand your flave , A poor , infirm , weak , and despis'd old man ! call you fervile ministers , And yet I That have with two pernicious daughters join'd Your high engender'd battles , ' gainst a head So old and white ...
... pleasure ; here I ftand your flave , A poor , infirm , weak , and despis'd old man ! call you fervile ministers , And yet I That have with two pernicious daughters join'd Your high engender'd battles , ' gainst a head So old and white ...
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Visualització completa - 1772 |
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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