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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... observed narra- tive imitation to be too faint and feeble a means to excite passion : declamation , still worse , plays idly on the surface of the subject , and makes the poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the ...
... observed narra- tive imitation to be too faint and feeble a means to excite passion : declamation , still worse , plays idly on the surface of the subject , and makes the poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the ...
Pagina 103
... observed , that Shakspeare had the talents of an orator , as much as of a poet ; and I believe it will be allowed , that the speeches of Westmorland and Lancaster are as proper on this occasion , and the par- ticular circumstances as ...
... observed , that Shakspeare had the talents of an orator , as much as of a poet ; and I believe it will be allowed , that the speeches of Westmorland and Lancaster are as proper on this occasion , and the par- ticular circumstances as ...
Pagina 124
... that Shakspeare had an advantage derived from the more direful character of his national superstitions . A celebrated writer , in his ingenious letters letters on Chivalry , has observed , that the Gothic 124 ON THE PRETERNATURAL BEINGS .
... that Shakspeare had an advantage derived from the more direful character of his national superstitions . A celebrated writer , in his ingenious letters letters on Chivalry , has observed , that the Gothic 124 ON THE PRETERNATURAL BEINGS .
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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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