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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... heart , and the artificial dialect which she has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jargon caught from the tone of a court . In or- der to please upon the French stage , every per- son of every age and nation ...
... heart , and the artificial dialect which she has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation , or the jargon caught from the tone of a court . In or- der to please upon the French stage , every per- son of every age and nation ...
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... heart , where it is to excite certain passions and affections ; each character being per- sonated , and each event exhibited , the at- tention of the audience is greatly capti- vated , and the imagination so far assists in the delusion ...
... heart , where it is to excite certain passions and affections ; each character being per- sonated , and each event exhibited , the at- tention of the audience is greatly capti- vated , and the imagination so far assists in the delusion ...
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... heart , require , we should adore her for the glitter of a few false brilliants , or the nice ar- rangement of frippery ornaments ? If she wears any thing of intrinsic value , it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these ...
... heart , require , we should adore her for the glitter of a few false brilliants , or the nice ar- rangement of frippery ornaments ? If she wears any thing of intrinsic value , it has been borrowed from the ancients ; but by these ...
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... heart is by the sufferer's expres- sion of his passion . As there may be some obscurity in what I have said on this sub- ject , I will endeavour to illustrate the doc- trine by examples . 1 Sophocles , in his admirable tragedy of Edipus ...
... heart is by the sufferer's expres- sion of his passion . As there may be some obscurity in what I have said on this sub- ject , I will endeavour to illustrate the doc- trine by examples . 1 Sophocles , in his admirable tragedy of Edipus ...
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... heart , and less knowing or ob- servant of outward forms : against the one he often offends , he very rarely misrepresents the other . The French tragedians , on the contrary , attend not to the nature of the man , whom they represent ...
... heart , and less knowing or ob- servant of outward forms : against the one he often offends , he very rarely misrepresents the other . The French tragedians , on the contrary , attend not to the nature of the man , whom they represent ...
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