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 էջ |
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... Poets . WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF DE VOLTAIRE . MONS . DE THE SIXTH EDITION , CORRECTED . TO WHICH Are added , Three Dialogues of the Dead . BY MRS . MONTAGU . 116 LONDON : Printed by Harding and Wright , St ...
... Poets . WITH SOME REMARKS UPON THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF DE VOLTAIRE . MONS . DE THE SIXTH EDITION , CORRECTED . TO WHICH Are added , Three Dialogues of the Dead . BY MRS . MONTAGU . 116 LONDON : Printed by Harding and Wright , St ...
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... poets , this author offers the fullest and fairest subject for criticism . Animated by an opinion of such authority , some of the most learned and ingenious of our critics have made correct editions of his works , and enriched them with ...
... poets , this author offers the fullest and fairest subject for criticism . Animated by an opinion of such authority , some of the most learned and ingenious of our critics have made correct editions of his works , and enriched them with ...
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... poet of a neighbouring nation , treat- ed as a writer of monstrous farces , called by him Tragedies ; and barbarism and ignorance are attributed to the nation , by which he is ad- mired . Yet if wits , poets , critics , could ever be ...
... poet of a neighbouring nation , treat- ed as a writer of monstrous farces , called by him Tragedies ; and barbarism and ignorance are attributed to the nation , by which he is ad- mired . Yet if wits , poets , critics , could ever be ...
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Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire ... poet dignified the piece , perhaps , with the name of an Hercules ; but , alas ! it was always Hercules spinning ...
Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire ... poet dignified the piece , perhaps , with the name of an Hercules ; but , alas ! it was always Hercules spinning ...
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... poets assume a superiority over Shakspeare , on account of their more constant adherence to Aristotle's unities of time and place . The pedant who bought at a great price the lamp of a famous philosopher , expecting that by its ...
... poets assume a superiority over Shakspeare , on account of their more constant adherence to Aristotle's unities of time and place . The pedant who bought at a great price the lamp of a famous philosopher , expecting that by its ...
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