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 xxi
... representation of a really existing character . But it must be acknowledged , that , when this objection is obviated , there will yet remain another cause of censure ; for though our Author , from want of delicacy , or from a desire to ...
... representation of a really existing character . But it must be acknowledged , that , when this objection is obviated , there will yet remain another cause of censure ; for though our Author , from want of delicacy , or from a desire to ...
Pagina 10
... representations of an action . It will hardly be allowed to those who fail in the most essential part of an art , to set up their performances as models . Can they who have robbed the Tragic Muse of all her virtue , and divested her of ...
... representations of an action . It will hardly be allowed to those who fail in the most essential part of an art , to set up their performances as models . Can they who have robbed the Tragic Muse of all her virtue , and divested her of ...
Pagina 11
... representation . Segniùs irritant animos demissa per aurem , Quàm quæ sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus , et quæ Ipse sibi tradit spectator . The business of the Drama is to excite sympathy ; and its effect on the spectator depends on such ...
... representation . Segniùs irritant animos demissa per aurem , Quàm quæ sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus , et quæ Ipse sibi tradit spectator . The business of the Drama is to excite sympathy ; and its effect on the spectator depends on such ...
Pagina 16
... representation falls in- tirely short of the intention of the Drama : and indeed many plays are little more than poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical deco- rations are used rather to improve the spectacle , than to assist the drama , of ...
... representation falls in- tirely short of the intention of the Drama : and indeed many plays are little more than poems rehearsed ; and the theatrical deco- rations are used rather to improve the spectacle , than to assist the drama , of ...
Pagina 18
... representations made use of a diction , which united the harmony of verse to the easy and natural air of prose , and was suited to the movement and bustle of action , be- ing considered only as subservient to the fable , and not as the ...
... representations made use of a diction , which united the harmony of verse to the easy and natural air of prose , and was suited to the movement and bustle of action , be- ing considered only as subservient to the fable , and not as the ...
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