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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Pagina xiv
... taste of the public , Shakspeare falls some- times into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble , elegant , and uncorrupted simplicity . Such is his ...
... taste of the public , Shakspeare falls some- times into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble , elegant , and uncorrupted simplicity . Such is his ...
Pagina xx
... taste been represented , by a writer of universal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a bon mot will appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn ...
... taste been represented , by a writer of universal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a bon mot will appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn ...
Pagina 131
... taste of an age that affected abstruse learning , romantic valour , and high - flown gallantry . Prince Arthur , the British Hercules , was brought from ancient ballads and romances , to be allegorized into the knight of magnanimity ...
... taste of an age that affected abstruse learning , romantic valour , and high - flown gallantry . Prince Arthur , the British Hercules , was brought from ancient ballads and romances , to be allegorized into the knight of magnanimity ...
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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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