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 103
... and Lancaster are as proper on this occasion , and the par- ticular circumstances as happily touched , as they could have been by the most judicious orator . orator . I know not that any poet , ancient THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV . 103.
... and Lancaster are as proper on this occasion , and the par- ticular circumstances as happily touched , as they could have been by the most judicious orator . orator . I know not that any poet , ancient THE SECOND PART OF HENRY IV . 103.
Pagina 261
... ancients like the ancients writ ; and who have aspired to the secondary praise of good imitators : but all our cri- tics allow Shakspeare to be an original . Mr. Pope confesses him to be more so than even Homer himself . It has been ...
... ancients like the ancients writ ; and who have aspired to the secondary praise of good imitators : but all our cri- tics allow Shakspeare to be an original . Mr. Pope confesses him to be more so than even Homer himself . It has been ...
Pagina 289
... ancient characters ; I mean such lights as shew a reputed honest man to have been a concealed knave ; an illustrious hero a pitiful coward , & c . Nay , we are so fond of this kind of information , as to be pleased sometimes to see a ...
... ancient characters ; I mean such lights as shew a reputed honest man to have been a concealed knave ; an illustrious hero a pitiful coward , & c . Nay , we are so fond of this kind of information , as to be pleased sometimes to see a ...
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