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 pàgines |
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... superstition of the times , bestowed an apo- theofis founded on pretenfions to achieve ments beyond human capacity , by which they loft in a more sceptical and critical age , the glory due to them for what they had really done ; and all ...
... superstition of the times , bestowed an apo- theofis founded on pretenfions to achieve ments beyond human capacity , by which they loft in a more sceptical and critical age , the glory due to them for what they had really done ; and all ...
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... superstitions , are more adapted to the ufes of poetry , than the Grecian . The devotion of those times was gloomy and fearful , not being purged of the terrors of the Celtic fables . The Prieft often availed himself of the dire ...
... superstitions , are more adapted to the ufes of poetry , than the Grecian . The devotion of those times was gloomy and fearful , not being purged of the terrors of the Celtic fables . The Prieft often availed himself of the dire ...
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... Superstition , the Terrible and the Mysterious , that it has not the air of poeti- cal fiction so much as of a difcovery of ma- gical fecrets ; and thus it feizes the heart of the ignorant , and communicates an irresist- ible horror to ...
... Superstition , the Terrible and the Mysterious , that it has not the air of poeti- cal fiction so much as of a difcovery of ma- gical fecrets ; and thus it feizes the heart of the ignorant , and communicates an irresist- ible horror to ...
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