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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... natural language in which the addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which she has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jargon caught from the tone of a court . To please upon the French stage ...
... natural language in which the addreffed the human heart , and the artificial dialect which she has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jargon caught from the tone of a court . To please upon the French stage ...
Side 8
... nature herself . * Great indulgence is due to the errors of original writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into unexplored regions of in- vention , and boldly ftrike into the ...
... nature herself . * Great indulgence is due to the errors of original writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make dar- ing incurfions into unexplored regions of in- vention , and boldly ftrike into the ...
Side 11
... nature , which we ought to view as we do other prodigies , with an attention to , and admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . It has been already declared that Shake- spear is not to be tried by any ...
... nature , which we ought to view as we do other prodigies , with an attention to , and admiration of their ftupendous parts , and proud irregularity of greatness . It has been already declared that Shake- spear is not to be tried by any ...
Side 13
... nature of the subjects well bear it ) between his and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague , unrealized idea of perfection : we may fafely pronounce that to be well executed , in any art , which ...
... nature of the subjects well bear it ) between his and fome other celebrated dramatic compofitions . It is idle to refer to a vague , unrealized idea of perfection : we may fafely pronounce that to be well executed , in any art , which ...
Side 17
... nature as he found it in the bufy walks of human life , he drew from an original , with which the literati are feldom well ac- quainted . They perceive his portraits are not of the Grecian or of the Roman fchool : after finding them ...
... nature as he found it in the bufy walks of human life , he drew from an original , with which the literati are feldom well ac- quainted . They perceive his portraits are not of the Grecian or of the Roman fchool : after finding them ...
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