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 17
... engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat and toil of the poet , in his closet , in assorting male and fe- male rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the stage to ...
... engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat and toil of the poet , in his closet , in assorting male and fe- male rhymes . We have already remarked , that the more we revert from the stage to ...
Pagina 37
... engaged the attention of the spectator , and assisted in that delusion of his imagination , whence his sympathy with the story must arise . We are affected by the catastrophe of a stranger , we lament the destiny of an Edipus , and the ...
... engaged the attention of the spectator , and assisted in that delusion of his imagination , whence his sympathy with the story must arise . We are affected by the catastrophe of a stranger , we lament the destiny of an Edipus , and the ...
Pagina 60
... engaged in the common affairs of human life . We are interested in what they do , or say , by feeling , every mo- ment , that they are of the same nature as ourselves . Their precepts therefore are an instruction , their fates and ...
... engaged in the common affairs of human life . We are interested in what they do , or say , by feeling , every mo- ment , that they are of the same nature as ourselves . Their precepts therefore are an instruction , their fates and ...
Pagina 83
... would not say , as the Prince does , He could better spare a better man . How skilfully does our author follow the tradition of the Prince's having been engaged in a robbery , yet make his part in it G 2 in THE FIRST PART OF HENRY IV . 83.
... would not say , as the Prince does , He could better spare a better man . How skilfully does our author follow the tradition of the Prince's having been engaged in a robbery , yet make his part in it G 2 in THE FIRST PART OF HENRY IV . 83.
Pagina 223
... engaged , and even in whom , as they are represented , the enter- prise was pardoned , more from contempt of their abilities and power , than the clemency of the emperor , makes a poor figure in con- trast with that conspiracy , which ...
... engaged , and even in whom , as they are represented , the enter- prise was pardoned , more from contempt of their abilities and power , than the clemency of the emperor , makes a poor figure in con- trast with that conspiracy , which ...
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