An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireAMS Press, 1966 - 296 pagina's |
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... Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- ness and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and highly provoked when he dis- covers his name has been used in a deceit . When he sees Iphigenia preferring the good of ...
... Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- ness and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and highly provoked when he dis- covers his name has been used in a deceit . When he sees Iphigenia preferring the good of ...
Pagina 106
... Greek taste : and Boileau not injudiciously prefers this simple exposition , destitute as it is of any grace , to the per- plexed plexed and tedious declamation of the mo- dern stage . 106 THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV .
... Greek taste : and Boileau not injudiciously prefers this simple exposition , destitute as it is of any grace , to the per- plexed plexed and tedious declamation of the mo- dern stage . 106 THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV .
Pagina 129
... Greek poets , even the earliest of them , who , having imbibed the learning of mysterious Egypt , addicted themselves to allegory ; but our Gothic Bard , instead of mere amusive allegory , em- ploys the potent agency of sacred fable ...
... Greek poets , even the earliest of them , who , having imbibed the learning of mysterious Egypt , addicted themselves to allegory ; but our Gothic Bard , instead of mere amusive allegory , em- ploys the potent agency of sacred fable ...
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On Dramatic Poetry P | 3 |
On the Historical Drama P | 33 |
The First Part of Henry IV P | 69 |
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