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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... tempers of the mind , nor can apply its art to the benefit of the ignorant vulgar , where those distempers are in their most exasperated state . An epic poem is too abstruse for the people ; the moral is too much enveloped , the ...
... tempers of the mind , nor can apply its art to the benefit of the ignorant vulgar , where those distempers are in their most exasperated state . An epic poem is too abstruse for the people ; the moral is too much enveloped , the ...
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... temper of the times , and bring in view the incidents that affected the com- mon fate of his country . The Gothic muse had a rude spirit of liberty , and de- lighted in painting popular tumults , the progress of civil wars , and the ...
... temper of the times , and bring in view the incidents that affected the com- mon fate of his country . The Gothic muse had a rude spirit of liberty , and de- lighted in painting popular tumults , the progress of civil wars , and the ...
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... for the asperity of his temper , and his fierce and unmitigated desire of domi- nion , from his being by his person dis- qualified qualified for the softer engagements of so- ciety . GLOUCESTER ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 47.
... for the asperity of his temper , and his fierce and unmitigated desire of domi- nion , from his being by his person dis- qualified qualified for the softer engagements of so- ciety . GLOUCESTER ON THE HISTORICAL DRAMA . 47.
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... temper are en- tirely exempted ; and from the second , many more , by situation . Among a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumstances of the persons represented : they they ...
... temper are en- tirely exempted ; and from the second , many more , by situation . Among a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps half a dozen , who ever were , or can be , in the circumstances of the persons represented : they they ...
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... temper of the times , and the characters of the persons from whom the catastrophe is to arise . The stern authority the king assumes on Hotspur's disobedience to his commands , could not fail to inflame a warm young hero , flushed with ...
... temper of the times , and the characters of the persons from whom the catastrophe is to arise . The stern authority the king assumes on Hotspur's disobedience to his commands , could not fail to inflame a warm young hero , flushed with ...
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