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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... - ginal writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make daring incur- sions into unexplored regions of invention , and boldly b2 boldly strike into the pathless Sublime it is no wonder INTRODUCTION . XI.
... - ginal writers , who , quitting the beaten track which others have travelled , make daring incur- sions into unexplored regions of invention , and boldly b2 boldly strike into the pathless Sublime it is no wonder INTRODUCTION . XI.
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... Sublime it is no wonder if they are often bewildered , sometimes benighted : yet surely it is more eligible to partake the pleasure and the hazard of their , adventures , than still to follow the cautious steps of timid imitators ...
... Sublime it is no wonder if they are often bewildered , sometimes benighted : yet surely it is more eligible to partake the pleasure and the hazard of their , adventures , than still to follow the cautious steps of timid imitators ...
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... Sublime the finest touches of passion and tenderness , and to the Pathetic the dignity of the Sub- lime . The straining a moderate or feeble genius to these arduous tasks , haspro- duced the most absurd bombast , and the most pitiable ...
... Sublime the finest touches of passion and tenderness , and to the Pathetic the dignity of the Sub- lime . The straining a moderate or feeble genius to these arduous tasks , haspro- duced the most absurd bombast , and the most pitiable ...
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... sublime , and , I may add , that religious air to his work , which ennobles the enthusi- asm , and sanctifies the fiction of the poet . Ariosto's excursive muse wanders through the regions of romance , attended by all the superb train ...
... sublime , and , I may add , that religious air to his work , which ennobles the enthusi- asm , and sanctifies the fiction of the poet . Ariosto's excursive muse wanders through the regions of romance , attended by all the superb train ...
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... sublime , and of the marvellous , to his fic- tions , as nymphs , satyrs , fawns , and even the triple Geryon , to the works of ancient bards . Our poet never carries his præter- natural beings beyond the limits of the popular tradition ...
... sublime , and of the marvellous , to his fic- tions , as nymphs , satyrs , fawns , and even the triple Geryon , to the works of ancient bards . Our poet never carries his præter- natural beings beyond the limits of the popular tradition ...
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