An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltaireH. Hughs, 1772 - 288 Seiten |
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... base and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth , goaded with rage , And countenanc'd by boys and beggary ; I fay , if damn'd commotion fo appear'd In his true , native , and most proper shape , You , reverend father , and thefe noble ...
... base and abject routs , Led on by bloody youth , goaded with rage , And countenanc'd by boys and beggary ; I fay , if damn'd commotion fo appear'd In his true , native , and most proper shape , You , reverend father , and thefe noble ...
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... base , and timid . Maximus , the other confpirator , feems at firft a better character ; but in the third act he makes a moft lamentable con- feffion to a flave , of his love for Emilia , and his jealousy of Cinna : this Slave gives ...
... base , and timid . Maximus , the other confpirator , feems at firft a better character ; but in the third act he makes a moft lamentable con- feffion to a flave , of his love for Emilia , and his jealousy of Cinna : this Slave gives ...
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... base design ! " Auguftus cuts him fhort in this difgrace- ful lie , fhewing him he has full information of the plot ; and very juftly fays , " The liberty of thy country could not be thy object , for then thou wouldst not have hin ...
... base design ! " Auguftus cuts him fhort in this difgrace- ful lie , fhewing him he has full information of the plot ; and very juftly fays , " The liberty of thy country could not be thy object , for then thou wouldst not have hin ...
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... base and treacherous natures , of diffolute manners , ruined fortunes , and loft reputations , uniting in horrid association to destroy their prince . Ambition often cuts itself a bloody way to greatnefs . - Exafperated mifery sometimes ...
... base and treacherous natures , of diffolute manners , ruined fortunes , and loft reputations , uniting in horrid association to destroy their prince . Ambition often cuts itself a bloody way to greatnefs . - Exafperated mifery sometimes ...
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... by which he himself was actuated . We must be in the very Capitol of Rome ; ftand at the base of Pompey's statue , furrounded by the ef- Q4 figies figies of their patriots ; we must be taught to Upon the Death of JULIUS CESAR . 247.
... by which he himself was actuated . We must be in the very Capitol of Rome ; ftand at the base of Pompey's statue , furrounded by the ef- Q4 figies figies of their patriots ; we must be taught to Upon the Death of JULIUS CESAR . 247.
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