An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireHarding, 1810 - 296 pagina's |
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Pagina xxii
... - bove the age and circumstances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates most from rules , can rise to faults true critics dare not mend . mend . In delineating characters he must be al- lowed xxii INTRODUCTION .
... - bove the age and circumstances in which he was born , and who , even when he deviates most from rules , can rise to faults true critics dare not mend . mend . In delineating characters he must be al- lowed xxii INTRODUCTION .
Pagina 40
... circumstances the person is in , they appear unnatural . For in the pressure of extreme distress , men are intent only on themselves and on the present exigence . The various interests and characters in these historical plays , and the ...
... circumstances the person is in , they appear unnatural . For in the pressure of extreme distress , men are intent only on themselves and on the present exigence . The various interests and characters in these historical plays , and the ...
Pagina 45
... rudest peasant read the sad history of his country : while the better sort were informed of the most minute circumstances by our chronicles . The tra- gedians 1 gedians who took their subjects from Ho- mer , ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 45.
... rudest peasant read the sad history of his country : while the better sort were informed of the most minute circumstances by our chronicles . The tra- gedians 1 gedians who took their subjects from Ho- mer , ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 45.
Pagina 56
... circumstances . LEAR . Spit fire , spout rain ; Nor rain , wind , thunder , fire , are my daughters ; 1 tax you not , you elements , with unkindness , 1 I never gave you kingdoms , call'd you children , You owe me no submission . Then ...
... circumstances . LEAR . Spit fire , spout rain ; Nor rain , wind , thunder , fire , are my daughters ; 1 tax you not , you elements , with unkindness , 1 I never gave you kingdoms , call'd you children , You owe me no submission . Then ...
Pagina 60
... a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumstances of the persons represented : they they cannot sympathize with them , un- less they have 60 ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA .
... a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumstances of the persons represented : they they cannot sympathize with them , un- less they have 60 ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA .
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