Critical Observations on ShakespeareAMS Press, 1748 - 411 pages |
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... person did say or act , but what ' tis probable ought to have been faid or acted upon that or the like occafion . So that poetry is of a philosophi- cal nature , much more than history . See Ariftot . xɛp . D ' . courted 3 courted and ...
... person did say or act , but what ' tis probable ought to have been faid or acted upon that or the like occafion . So that poetry is of a philosophi- cal nature , much more than history . See Ariftot . xɛp . D ' . courted 3 courted and ...
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... person thoroughly vitious , as thoroughly virtuous . Thus Philo- fophers , who make human nature their study , speak of it ; and thus the greatest of all phi- lofophers , having touched upon the character of the mifanthrope , adds ...
... person thoroughly vitious , as thoroughly virtuous . Thus Philo- fophers , who make human nature their study , speak of it ; and thus the greatest of all phi- lofophers , having touched upon the character of the mifanthrope , adds ...
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... person is to act up to it . And here the age , the fex , and vis eft , ut nec illi quidem , qui maleficio et feclere pafcuntur , poffint fine ulla particulâ juftitiae vivere . Epict . 1. 2. c . 20 . Οὕτως ἰσχυρόν τι καὶ ἀνικίνητόν έσιν ...
... person is to act up to it . And here the age , the fex , and vis eft , ut nec illi quidem , qui maleficio et feclere pafcuntur , poffint fine ulla particulâ juftitiae vivere . Epict . 1. 2. c . 20 . Οὕτως ἰσχυρόν τι καὶ ἀνικίνητόν έσιν ...
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... person , who is the subject of imitation , be un- equal in his manners , yet we ought to make them equally un- equal . Ομαλῶς ἀνώμαλον as the manners of Tigellius in Horace , conftans in levitate . Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto ...
... person , who is the subject of imitation , be un- equal in his manners , yet we ought to make them equally un- equal . Ομαλῶς ἀνώμαλον as the manners of Tigellius in Horace , conftans in levitate . Servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto ...
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... person of Caefar , one speaking to " him , Caefar , thou doft me wrong . He re- ply'd ; Caefar did never wrong but with just " caufe : and fuch like ; which were ridiculous . " But he redeemed his vices with his virtues . " There was ...
... person of Caefar , one speaking to " him , Caefar , thou doft me wrong . He re- ply'd ; Caefar did never wrong but with just " caufe : and fuch like ; which were ridiculous . " But he redeemed his vices with his virtues . " There was ...
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