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 xvi
... thing will more assist our judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the subjects will bear it ) ... thing which has been produced . We may se- curely thing ་ ཌ INTRODUCTION .
... thing will more assist our judgment than a candid comparison ( where the nature of the subjects will bear it ) ... thing which has been produced . We may se- curely thing ་ ཌ INTRODUCTION .
Pagina xvii
... thing which has been produced . We may se- curely applaud what the ancients have crowned , therefore should not withhold our approbation wherever we find our countryman has equalled the most admired passages in the Greek trage- dians ...
... thing which has been produced . We may se- curely applaud what the ancients have crowned , therefore should not withhold our approbation wherever we find our countryman has equalled the most admired passages in the Greek trage- dians ...
Pagina xxiii
... thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the chief purposes of theatrical repre- sentation . It avails little to prove , that the means by which he effects them are not those ...
... thing , and , in spite of many and great faults , effects , better than any one has ever done , the chief purposes of theatrical repre- sentation . It avails little to prove , that the means by which he effects them are not those ...
Pagina 3
... , but it imitates by narration . The most perfect , and the best imitation , is certainly that which gives the most * Arist . Poet . c . 1. chap . 3 . B 2 ade- quate , lively , and faithful copy of the thing On Dramatic Poetry P.
... , but it imitates by narration . The most perfect , and the best imitation , is certainly that which gives the most * Arist . Poet . c . 1. chap . 3 . B 2 ade- quate , lively , and faithful copy of the thing On Dramatic Poetry P.
Pagina 4
... thing imitated . Homer was so sensible of the superior force and efficacy of the dra- matic manner , that he often drops the nar- rative , to assume it ; and Aristotle says , that for having invented the dramatic imita- tion , and not ...
... thing imitated . Homer was so sensible of the superior force and efficacy of the dra- matic manner , that he often drops the nar- rative , to assume it ; and Aristotle says , that for having invented the dramatic imita- tion , and not ...
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