An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakspeare, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltairePriestly, 1966 - 296 pagina's |
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Pagina xxi
... used to behold , - Gorgeous tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by , Presenting Thebes or Pelops ' line , Or the tale of Troy divine . Homer's Homer's works alone were sufficient to teach the Greek poets INTRODUCTION . xxi.
... used to behold , - Gorgeous tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by , Presenting Thebes or Pelops ' line , Or the tale of Troy divine . Homer's Homer's works alone were sufficient to teach the Greek poets INTRODUCTION . xxi.
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... Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- ness and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and highly provoked when he dis- covers his name has been used in a deceit . When he sees Iphigenia preferring the good of ...
... Greek Achilles . Euripides paints him with a peculiar frank- ness and warmth of character , abhorrent of fraud , and highly provoked when he dis- covers his name has been used in a deceit . When he sees Iphigenia preferring the good of ...
Pagina 106
... Greek taste : and Boileau not injudiciously prefers this simple exposition , destitute as it is of any grace , to the per- plexed plexed and tedious declamation of the mo- dern stage . 106 THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV .
... Greek taste : and Boileau not injudiciously prefers this simple exposition , destitute as it is of any grace , to the per- plexed plexed and tedious declamation of the mo- dern stage . 106 THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV .
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