Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 էջ |
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... tion of the drama to this time ; and to have prevailed , not only in Europe , but in all countries where the dramatic art has been attempted . It has indeed been the common aim of all poetry to please and inftruct ; but by means as ...
... tion of the drama to this time ; and to have prevailed , not only in Europe , but in all countries where the dramatic art has been attempted . It has indeed been the common aim of all poetry to please and inftruct ; but by means as ...
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... tion . To the mufe of tragedy , therefore , Mr. Pope has affigned the noble tafk , To wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art , To raise the genius , and to mend the heart . To make mankind in confcious virtue bold , . Live o'er each ...
... tion . To the mufe of tragedy , therefore , Mr. Pope has affigned the noble tafk , To wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art , To raise the genius , and to mend the heart . To make mankind in confcious virtue bold , . Live o'er each ...
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... tion of the public weal . See him in thẻ Iphigenia of Racine , on a fimilar occafion , where he tells Agamemnon , he is ready to cry , Je fuis pret de pleurer ; and examine whether there appears any thing of Ulyffes upon the ftage but ...
... tion of the public weal . See him in thẻ Iphigenia of Racine , on a fimilar occafion , where he tells Agamemnon , he is ready to cry , Je fuis pret de pleurer ; and examine whether there appears any thing of Ulyffes upon the ftage but ...
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... tion , were ftill in greater force with our countryman to take his fubjects from the history and traditions of thofe more recent transactions , in which the fpectator was in- formed and interested more perfonally and locally . There was ...
... tion , were ftill in greater force with our countryman to take his fubjects from the history and traditions of thofe more recent transactions , in which the fpectator was in- formed and interested more perfonally and locally . There was ...
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... tion of the heart , feemed inspired with the paffion they were to counterfeit , fell fo naturally into the circumstances and fitua- tions the poet had appointed for them , that they never betrayed they were actors , but fometimes would ...
... tion of the heart , feemed inspired with the paffion they were to counterfeit , fell fo naturally into the circumstances and fitua- tions the poet had appointed for them , that they never betrayed they were actors , but fometimes would ...
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