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
... taste , which would equally disdain quaintness of ornament , or the rude neglect of elegance and decorum . Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then were produced immortal works of every kind ! But when the living manners degenerated ...
... taste , which would equally disdain quaintness of ornament , or the rude neglect of elegance and decorum . Such periods had Greece , had Rome ! Then were produced immortal works of every kind ! But when the living manners degenerated ...
Pagina xiii
... taste ? Shakspeare wrote at a time , when learning was tinctured with pedantry ; wit was unpolish- ed , and mirth ill - bred . The court of Elizabeth spoke a scientific jargon , and a certain obscu- rity of style was universally ...
... taste ? Shakspeare wrote at a time , when learning was tinctured with pedantry ; wit was unpolish- ed , and mirth ill - bred . The court of Elizabeth spoke a scientific jargon , and a certain obscu- rity of style was universally ...
Pagina xiv
... taste of the public , Shakspeare falls some- times into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble , elegant , and uncorrupted simplicity . Such is his ...
... taste of the public , Shakspeare falls some- times into the fashionable mode of writing : but this is only by fits ; for many parts of all his plays are written with the most noble , elegant , and uncorrupted simplicity . Such is his ...
Pagina xx
... taste been 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 ...
... taste been 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 ...
Pagina xxi
... taste , thought he had done well , when he faithfully copied nature , or represent- ed customs , it will appear to politer times , the error of an untutored mind , which the example of judicious artists , and the admonitions of de ...
... taste , thought he had done well , when he faithfully copied nature , or represent- ed customs , it will appear to politer times , the error of an untutored mind , which the example of judicious artists , and the admonitions of de ...
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