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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... represented no less obse- quious in their address to their king than the courtiers of the grand monarque . Thefeus is made a mere fighing fwain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes among the Goths and ...
... represented no less obse- quious in their address to their king than the courtiers of the grand monarque . Thefeus is made a mere fighing fwain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes among the Goths and ...
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... represented , by a writer of universal fame ; and through the medium of an almoft , univerfal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a bon mot will ever appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn argu ...
... represented , by a writer of universal fame ; and through the medium of an almoft , univerfal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a bon mot will ever appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn argu ...
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... his tragedy of Gorboduc ; in which the moral of each a & t is represented on the ftage in dumb fhew . It is ftrange that Mr. de Voltaire who affects B 2 an an impartial and philofophic fpirit , should not rather speak INTRODUCTION . 19.
... his tragedy of Gorboduc ; in which the moral of each a & t is represented on the ftage in dumb fhew . It is ftrange that Mr. de Voltaire who affects B 2 an an impartial and philofophic fpirit , should not rather speak INTRODUCTION . 19.
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... represented . The French tragedians not only deviate from the character of the individual repre- sented , but even from the general character of the age and country . Thefeus and Achilles Achilles are not only unlike to Thefeus and ...
... represented . The French tragedians not only deviate from the character of the individual repre- sented , but even from the general character of the age and country . Thefeus and Achilles Achilles are not only unlike to Thefeus and ...
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... represents the Romans great and high in fentiment , but fimple , modeft , natural in words , and very unlike the bombaft , turgid heroes of romance . A great man , fays he , does not declaim like a comedian , his expref- fions in ...
... represents the Romans great and high in fentiment , but fimple , modeft , natural in words , and very unlike the bombaft , turgid heroes of romance . A great man , fays he , does not declaim like a comedian , his expref- fions in ...
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