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 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 table a motive for ...
... 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 table a motive for ...
Pagina 106
... surely may be allowed so , in which the greatest masters have very seldom succeeded . Euripides is not very happy in this respect . Iphigenia in Tauris begins by telling , to herself , in a pretty long soliloquy , who she is , and all ...
... surely may be allowed so , in which the greatest masters have very seldom succeeded . Euripides is not very happy in this respect . Iphigenia in Tauris begins by telling , to herself , in a pretty long soliloquy , who she is , and all ...
Pagina 181
... surely can be no dis- pute of the superiority of our countryman in these articles . There are many bombast speeches in the Tragedy of Macbeth ; and these are the lawful prize of the critic ; but envy , not content to nibble at faults ...
... surely can be no dis- pute of the superiority of our countryman in these articles . There are many bombast speeches in the Tragedy of Macbeth ; and these are the lawful prize of the critic ; but envy , not content to nibble at faults ...
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