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 x
... laws of drama would make a good tragedy , though it might prevent a poet more bold than judicious , from writing a very absurd one . A painter can define the just proportion of the human body , and the anato- mist knows what muscles ...
... laws of drama would make a good tragedy , though it might prevent a poet more bold than judicious , from writing a very absurd one . A painter can define the just proportion of the human body , and the anato- mist knows what muscles ...
Pagina xi
... laws of one country , who lived under those of another . -Heaven - born genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of ap- peal to nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of ...
... laws of one country , who lived under those of another . -Heaven - born genius acts from something superior to rules , and antecedent to rules ; and has a right of ap- peal to nature herself . Great indulgence is due to the errors of ...
Pagina xv
... law of mechanics they were raised ? Like them , our Author's works will remain for ever the greatest monuments of ... laws ; nor is it more equitable to judge him entirely by the practice of any particular theatre . Yet some criterion ...
... law of mechanics they were raised ? Like them , our Author's works will remain for ever the greatest monuments of ... laws ; nor is it more equitable to judge him entirely by the practice of any particular theatre . Yet some criterion ...
Pagina xviii
... laws : happily for Shakspeare , Mr. Johnson , whose genius and learning render him superior to a servile awe of pedantic institutions , in his in genious preface to his edition of Shakspeare , has well obviated all that can be objected ...
... laws : happily for Shakspeare , Mr. Johnson , whose genius and learning render him superior to a servile awe of pedantic institutions , in his in genious preface to his edition of Shakspeare , has well obviated all that can be objected ...
Pagina 48
... laws , She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To shrink my arm like to a wither'd shrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where sits deformity to mock my body ; To shape my legs of an uneven size ; To disproportion me in ...
... laws , She did corrupt frail nature with some bribe To shrink my arm like to a wither'd shrub ; To make an envious mountain on my back , Where sits deformity to mock my body ; To shape my legs of an uneven size ; To disproportion me in ...
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