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
... plays are little more ) is no difficult matter ; for of every art perhaps , and in poetry without dispute , that is the easiest part in which the connoisseur can direct the artist . I do not suppose the critic imagined that a mere ...
... plays are little more ) is no difficult matter ; for of every art perhaps , and in poetry without dispute , that is the easiest part in which the connoisseur can direct the artist . I do not suppose the critic imagined that a mere ...
Pagina xiv
... plays are written with the most noble , elegant , and uncorrupted simplicity . Such is his merit , that , the more just and refined the taste of the nation is become , the more he has increased in reputation . He was approved by his own ...
... plays are written with the most noble , elegant , and uncorrupted simplicity . Such is his merit , that , the more just and refined the taste of the nation is become , the more he has increased in reputation . He was approved by his own ...
Pagina xvii
... plays were to be acted in a paltry tavern , to an unlettered audience , just emerging from barbarity : the Greek tragedies were to be exhibited at the public charge , under the care and auspices of the magistrates , at Athens ; where ...
... plays were to be acted in a paltry tavern , to an unlettered audience , just emerging from barbarity : the Greek tragedies were to be exhibited at the public charge , under the care and auspices of the magistrates , at Athens ; where ...
Pagina 11
... plays idly on the surface of the subject , and makes the poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the spectator . In many works of art , our pleasure arises from a reflection on the art itself ; itself ; and in a ...
... plays idly on the surface of the subject , and makes the poet , who should be concealed in the action , visible to the spectator . In many works of art , our pleasure arises from a reflection on the art itself ; itself ; and in a ...
Pagina 14
... play of King John , the legate of- many arguments of consolation to Con- stance , on the loss of Arthur ; they appear , to the spectator , reasonable , till she so strongly expresses the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by ...
... play of King John , the legate of- many arguments of consolation to Con- stance , on the loss of Arthur ; they appear , to the spectator , reasonable , till she so strongly expresses the peculiar tenderness of maternal love , by ...
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