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 Seiten |
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... ancients . His knowledge of polite literature does not begin with that period , which Mr. de Voltaire calls le Siécle de Louis quatorze . Be- fore he is admitted as a spectator at the theatre in London , it is probable he has already ...
... ancients . His knowledge of polite literature does not begin with that period , which Mr. de Voltaire calls le Siécle de Louis quatorze . Be- fore he is admitted as a spectator at the theatre in London , it is probable he has already ...
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... ancients have crowned , therefore should not withhold our approbation wherever we find our countryman has equalled the most admired passages in the Greek trage- dians ; but we shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are ...
... ancients have crowned , therefore should not withhold our approbation wherever we find our countryman has equalled the most admired passages in the Greek trage- dians ; but we shall not do justice to his native talents , when they are ...
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... ancients , was the instruction of mankind , in religion , morals , philosophy , & c . To these great purposes were tuned the harps of Orpheus , Musæus , Hesiod , Callimachus , & c . Nor in Greece alone was poetry the teacher and the ...
... ancients , was the instruction of mankind , in religion , morals , philosophy , & c . To these great purposes were tuned the harps of Orpheus , Musæus , Hesiod , Callimachus , & c . Nor in Greece alone was poetry the teacher and the ...
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... ancients ; but by these artists it is so fantastically fashioned to modern modes , as to lose all its original graces , and even that necessary qualification of all ornaments , fitness and propriety . A * Arist . chap . vi . French ...
... ancients ; but by these artists it is so fantastically fashioned to modern modes , as to lose all its original graces , and even that necessary qualification of all ornaments , fitness and propriety . A * Arist . chap . vi . French ...
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... ancients say , who would not suffer even the inarticulate sounds of music to utter tones that might ener- vate the mind , if they could hear the stage , from whence issued precepts that awakened the magistrate , animated the chief , and ...
... ancients say , who would not suffer even the inarticulate sounds of music to utter tones that might ener- vate the mind , if they could hear the stage , from whence issued precepts that awakened the magistrate , animated the chief , and ...
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