An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic PoetsR. Priestley, 1966 - 296 pagina's |
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Pagina 141
... surely allowable to compare the Persian phantom with the Danish ghost ; and to examine , whether any thing but pre- judice , in favour of the ancients , protects the superstitious circumstances relative to the one , from the same ...
... surely allowable to compare the Persian phantom with the Danish ghost ; and to examine , whether any thing but pre- judice , in favour of the ancients , protects the superstitious circumstances relative to the one , from the same ...
Pagina 181
... surely can be no dis- pute of the superiority of our countryman in these articles . There are many bombast speeches in the Tragedy of Macbeth ; and these are the lawful prize of the critic ; but envy , not content to nibble at faults ...
... surely can be no dis- pute of the superiority of our countryman in these articles . There are many bombast speeches in the Tragedy of Macbeth ; and these are the lawful prize of the critic ; but envy , not content to nibble at faults ...
Pagina 291
... surely it is the custom only of yours to incite them to vice by the history of fabulous scoundrels . Men of fine imagi- nation have soared into the regions of fancy to bring back Astrea : you go thither in U 2 search search of Pandora ...
... surely it is the custom only of yours to incite them to vice by the history of fabulous scoundrels . Men of fine imagi- nation have soared into the regions of fancy to bring back Astrea : you go thither in U 2 search search of Pandora ...
Inhoudsopgave
Upon the Death of Julius Cæsar | 223 |
Dialogue I | 267 |
Dialogue II | 276 |
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