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 pages |
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... Hercules ; but , alas ! it was always Hercules spinning , that was shewn to the spectator . And yet the editor of Corneille's works , in terms so gross as are hardly pardonable in such a master of fine rail- lery , frequently attacks ...
... Hercules ; but , alas ! it was always Hercules spinning , that was shewn to the spectator . And yet the editor of Corneille's works , in terms so gross as are hardly pardonable in such a master of fine rail- lery , frequently attacks ...
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... Hercules was represented under the difficulties of performing any of the tasks enjoined by Eurystheus , the attention of the audience would not be engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat ...
... Hercules was represented under the difficulties of performing any of the tasks enjoined by Eurystheus , the attention of the audience would not be engaged so much to the means by which he achieved his heroic labours , as to the sweat ...
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... Hercules , was brought from ancient ballads and romances , to be allegorized into the knight of magnanimity , at the court of Gloriana . His knights fol- lowed him thither , in the same moralized garb : and even the questynge beast ...
... Hercules , was brought from ancient ballads and romances , to be allegorized into the knight of magnanimity , at the court of Gloriana . His knights fol- lowed him thither , in the same moralized garb : and even the questynge beast ...
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... French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth). THREE DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD . f DIALOGUE I. CADMUS - HERCULES . HERCULES . Do THREE DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD.
... French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth). THREE DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD . f DIALOGUE I. CADMUS - HERCULES . HERCULES . Do THREE DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD.
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Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth). f DIALOGUE I. CADMUS - HERCULES . HERCULES . Do you.
Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth). f DIALOGUE I. CADMUS - HERCULES . HERCULES . Do you.
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