Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. VoltaireJ. Dodsley, 1769 - 288 pages |
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... Macbeth . P. 173 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille . P. 207 . Upon the Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- ERRAT A. Page 25. to 51. Dele On the Drama . L. P. 27 . P. 39. L. P. 73. L. P. 121. L. P. 157. L. 17 . For Odyfly , read Odyssey . 18 ...
... Macbeth . P. 173 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille . P. 207 . Upon the Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- ERRAT A. Page 25. to 51. Dele On the Drama . L. P. 27 . P. 39. L. P. 73. L. P. 121. L. P. 157. L. 17 . For Odyfly , read Odyssey . 18 ...
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... Macbeth . P. 173 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille . P. 207 . Upon the Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- Par ERRATA . • 51. Dele On the Drama . 17. For Odyfly , read Odylley . 18. For Phorbus , read Phorbas L. 19. For Lufitcanians , read ...
... Macbeth . P. 173 . Upon the Cinna of Corneille . P. 207 . Upon the Death of Julius Cæfar . P. 245- Par ERRATA . • 51. Dele On the Drama . 17. For Odyfly , read Odylley . 18. For Phorbus , read Phorbas L. 19. For Lufitcanians , read ...
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... Macbeth , when , fpeaking of the grooms who lay near Duncan , he fays ! MACBETH . One cry'd , God bless us and Amen ! the other ; As they had feen me with these hangman's hands , Liftening their fear . I could not say , Amen , When they ...
... Macbeth , when , fpeaking of the grooms who lay near Duncan , he fays ! MACBETH . One cry'd , God bless us and Amen ! the other ; As they had feen me with these hangman's hands , Liftening their fear . I could not say , Amen , When they ...
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... Macbeth are more folemn and terrible than thofe of the Erichtho of Lucan , or of the Canidia of Horace . It may be faid , indeed , that Shakespear had an advantage derived from the more direful character of his national fuperftitions ...
... Macbeth are more folemn and terrible than thofe of the Erichtho of Lucan , or of the Canidia of Horace . It may be faid , indeed , that Shakespear had an advantage derived from the more direful character of his national fuperftitions ...
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... , but never rifes to impart- ing that unlimited terror which we feel when Macbeth to his bold addrefs , * Prologue to the Mafque of Queens . How How now ! ye fecret , foul , and midnight 152 On the Præternatural Beings .
... , but never rifes to impart- ing that unlimited terror which we feel when Macbeth to his bold addrefs , * Prologue to the Mafque of Queens . How How now ! ye fecret , foul , and midnight 152 On the Præternatural Beings .
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