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 Seiten |
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... . The most perfect , and the best imitation , is cer- tainly that which gives the most adequate , lively , Arift . Poet , C. 1. Chap . 3 . lively , and faithful copy of the thing imi- tated [ 25 ] P On Dramatic Poetry P.
... . The most perfect , and the best imitation , is cer- tainly that which gives the most adequate , lively , Arift . Poet , C. 1. Chap . 3 . lively , and faithful copy of the thing imi- tated [ 25 ] P On Dramatic Poetry P.
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... best critics taught . If they have avoided monstrous errors and abfurdities , it is but the com- mon privilege of mediocrity to do fo ; but let not mediocrity affume the airs and prefumption of excellence and perfection , nor pretend to ...
... best critics taught . If they have avoided monstrous errors and abfurdities , it is but the com- mon privilege of mediocrity to do fo ; but let not mediocrity affume the airs and prefumption of excellence and perfection , nor pretend to ...
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... best right to prefer their own manners , and despise those of other countries , yet their critics inculcated the neceffity of imitating those of the people represented . The French tragedians not only deviate from the character of the ...
... best right to prefer their own manners , and despise those of other countries , yet their critics inculcated the neceffity of imitating those of the people represented . The French tragedians not only deviate from the character of the ...
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... best French tragedies . It is ufual to compliment Corneille with having added dignity to the Romans ; and he has undoubtedly given them a certain ftrained elevation of fentiment and expreffion , which has perhaps a theatrical greatness ...
... best French tragedies . It is ufual to compliment Corneille with having added dignity to the Romans ; and he has undoubtedly given them a certain ftrained elevation of fentiment and expreffion , which has perhaps a theatrical greatness ...
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... best preceptor . The catastrophe of these plays is not derived from a vain and idle fable of the wrath of Juno , or the revenge of flighted Bacchus ; nor is a man represented entangled in the web of fate , from which his virtues and his ...
... best preceptor . The catastrophe of these plays is not derived from a vain and idle fable of the wrath of Juno , or the revenge of flighted Bacchus ; nor is a man represented entangled in the web of fate , from which his virtues and his ...
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