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 viii
... represented no less obsequi- ous in their address to their king , than the cour- tiers of the grand monarque . Theseus is made a mere sighing swain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes amongst the Goths ...
... represented no less obsequi- ous in their address to their king , than the cour- tiers of the grand monarque . Theseus is made a mere sighing swain . Many of the greatest men of antiquity , and even the roughest heroes amongst the Goths ...
Pagina xx
... represented , by a writer of universal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a bon mot will appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn , argument ...
... represented , by a writer of universal fame ; and through the medium of an almost universal language . Superficial criticisms hit the level of shallow minds , to whom a bon mot will appear reason , and an epigrammatic turn , argument ...
Pagina xxii
... represented on the stage in dumb shew . It is therefore strange that Mr. de Voltaire , who affects an impartial and philosophic spirit , should not rather speak with admiration , than contempt , of an author , who by the force of genius ...
... represented on the stage in dumb shew . It is therefore strange that Mr. de Voltaire , who affects an impartial and philosophic spirit , should not rather speak with admiration , than contempt , of an author , who by the force of genius ...
Pagina 17
... represented under the difficulties of performing any of the tasks enjoined by Eurystheus , the attention of the audience would not be engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat and toil of the ...
... represented under the difficulties of performing any of the tasks enjoined by Eurystheus , the attention of the audience would not be engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat and toil of the ...
Pagina 24
... represented . The French tragedians not only deviate from thech aracter of the individual repre- sented , but even from the general character of the age and country . Theseus and Achilles are not only unlike to Theseus and Achilles ...
... represented . The French tragedians not only deviate from thech aracter of the individual repre- sented , but even from the general character of the age and country . Theseus and Achilles are not only unlike to Theseus and Achilles ...
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