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 sider |
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... furely it is more eligible to partake the 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 ...
... furely it is more eligible to partake the 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 ...
Side 44
... furely fay with her , JOCASTA . D'un lien charmant le foin tendre & timide Ne dut point occuper le fucceffeur d'Alcide . Tragedy , thus converted into mere amo- rous ditty , drops all the ends of her infti- tution , which were , fays ...
... furely fay with her , JOCASTA . D'un lien charmant le foin tendre & timide Ne dut point occuper le fucceffeur d'Alcide . Tragedy , thus converted into mere amo- rous ditty , drops all the ends of her infti- tution , which were , fays ...
Side 83
... furely a right to expect this from an author , who profeffes to have copied this great hiftorian the most faithfully that was pof- fible . One would imagine the infolent Martianus , the bold and fubtle Vinius , the bafe , F 2 base ...
... furely a right to expect this from an author , who profeffes to have copied this great hiftorian the most faithfully that was pof- fible . One would imagine the infolent Martianus , the bold and fubtle Vinius , the bafe , F 2 base ...
Side 85
... furely betraying a great deficiency of dramatic powers , and of the art of imitation : to re- present the gay , luxurious , diffolute , ambi- tious Otho , the courtier of Nero , and the gallant of Poppea , as a mere Paftor Fido , who ...
... furely betraying a great deficiency of dramatic powers , and of the art of imitation : to re- present the gay , luxurious , diffolute , ambi- tious Otho , the courtier of Nero , and the gallant of Poppea , as a mere Paftor Fido , who ...
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... furely applaud the dexterity of Shake- fpear for throwing this colour over that part of his conduct , whether he seized on some intimations historians had given of that sort , or , of himself imagined fo refpectable a motive for the ...
... furely applaud the dexterity of Shake- fpear for throwing this colour over that part of his conduct , whether he seized on some intimations historians had given of that sort , or , of himself imagined fo refpectable a motive for the ...
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An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1772 |
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1769 |
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek ... Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1772 |
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