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 pàgines |
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... Plutarch rendered more amiable and more interesting . culiar gentleness of manners , and delicacy of mind , distinguish him from all the other conspirators ; and we cannot refuse to concur with the confession of his enemies , and the ...
... Plutarch rendered more amiable and more interesting . culiar gentleness of manners , and delicacy of mind , distinguish him from all the other conspirators ; and we cannot refuse to concur with the confession of his enemies , and the ...
Pàgina 250
... Plutarch , would pro- bably have attempted to give to Antony the pomp of Asiatic eloquence , if his good sense had not informed him , that , to be pathetic , it is necessary to be simple . The quarrelbetween Brutus and Cassius does not ...
... Plutarch , would pro- bably have attempted to give to Antony the pomp of Asiatic eloquence , if his good sense had not informed him , that , to be pathetic , it is necessary to be simple . The quarrelbetween Brutus and Cassius does not ...
Pàgina 252
... Plutarch's life of Marcus Brutus ; and he has wonderfully executed his plan . One may perhaps wish , that a writer , possessed of all the magic of poetical powers , had not so scrupulously confined himself within the limits of true ...
... Plutarch's life of Marcus Brutus ; and he has wonderfully executed his plan . One may perhaps wish , that a writer , possessed of all the magic of poetical powers , had not so scrupulously confined himself within the limits of true ...
Pàgina 281
... lest Minos should push you into Tar- tarus for the neglect of duties may bring on a sentence not much less severe , than the commission of crimes . DIALOGUE DIALOGUE III . PLUTARCH - CHARON ————— and a Modern OF THE DEAD . 281.
... lest Minos should push you into Tar- tarus for the neglect of duties may bring on a sentence not much less severe , than the commission of crimes . DIALOGUE DIALOGUE III . PLUTARCH - CHARON ————— and a Modern OF THE DEAD . 281.
Pàgina 282
... PLUTARCH - CHARON ————— and a Modern BOOKSELLER . CHARON . HERE is a fellow who is very unwilling to land in our territories . He says he is rich , has a great deal of business in the other world , and must needs return to it : He is so ...
... PLUTARCH - CHARON ————— and a Modern BOOKSELLER . CHARON . HERE is a fellow who is very unwilling to land in our territories . He says he is rich , has a great deal of business in the other world , and must needs return to it : He is so ...
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