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 xii
... surely it is more eligible to partake the pleasure and the hazard of their , adventures , than still to follow the cautious steps of timid imitators through trite and com- mon roads . Genius is of a bold enterprizing na- ture , ill ...
... surely it is more eligible to partake the pleasure and the hazard of their , adventures , than still to follow the cautious steps of timid imitators through trite and com- mon roads . Genius is of a bold enterprizing na- ture , ill ...
Pagina 22
... surely say with her . JOCASTA . D'un lien charmant le soin tendre & timide Ne dut point occuper le successeur d'Alcide . Tragedy thus converted into mere amo- rous ditty , drops all the ends of her insti- tution , which were , says sir ...
... surely say with her . JOCASTA . D'un lien charmant le soin tendre & timide Ne dut point occuper le successeur d'Alcide . Tragedy thus converted into mere amo- rous ditty , drops all the ends of her insti- tution , which were , says sir ...
Pagina 62
... surely a right to expect this from an author , who professes to have copied this great his- torian the most faithfully that was pos- sible . One would imagine the insolent Martianus , the bold and subtle Vinius , the base , scandalous ...
... surely a right to expect this from an author , who professes to have copied this great his- torian the most faithfully that was pos- sible . One would imagine the insolent Martianus , the bold and subtle Vinius , the base , scandalous ...
Pagina 64
... surely betray- ing a great deficiency of dramatic powers , and of the art of imitation . To represent the gay , luxurious , dissolute , ambitious Otho , the courtier of Nero , and the gallant of Poppea , as a mere Pastor Fido , who ...
... surely betray- ing a great deficiency of dramatic powers , and of the art of imitation . To represent the gay , luxurious , dissolute , ambitious Otho , the courtier of Nero , and the gallant of Poppea , as a mere Pastor Fido , who ...
Pagina 86
... surely applaud the dexterity of Shakspeare for throwing this colour over that part of his conduct ; whether he seized on some intimations historians had given of that sort , or , of himself , imagined so respec- table This piece table a ...
... surely applaud the dexterity of Shakspeare for throwing this colour over that part of his conduct ; whether he seized on some intimations historians had given of that sort , or , of himself , imagined so respec- table This piece table a ...
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