Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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Page 76
... Plautus hath Amphrituo . But if we marke them well , we fhall finde " that they never , or very daintily match horne - pipes and " funerals . *** The whole tract of a comedie fhould be " full of delight , as the tragedie fhould be ftill ...
... Plautus hath Amphrituo . But if we marke them well , we fhall finde " that they never , or very daintily match horne - pipes and " funerals . *** The whole tract of a comedie fhould be " full of delight , as the tragedie fhould be ftill ...
Page 106
... Plautus calls tragi- comedy ; where , not two different ftories , the one tragic , the other comic , are prepofterously jumbled together , as in the Spanish Fryar , and Oroonoko : but the unity of the fable being preferved , feveral ...
... Plautus calls tragi- comedy ; where , not two different ftories , the one tragic , the other comic , are prepofterously jumbled together , as in the Spanish Fryar , and Oroonoko : but the unity of the fable being preferved , feveral ...
Page 126
... Plautus was a great imitator of Epicharmus , as Horace informs us in that well - known verfe , Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi Dicitur . In his Curculio , Act V. Scene IV . He has this imitation of his Sicilian mafter ...
... Plautus was a great imitator of Epicharmus , as Horace informs us in that well - known verfe , Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi Dicitur . In his Curculio , Act V. Scene IV . He has this imitation of his Sicilian mafter ...
Page 149
... Plautus and Terence are copies of the Grecian ftage ; the latter , Caefar called , dimidiate Menau- der . If their tragic poets were no better than Seneca , ' tis no great lofs that they are all perished . It might not be difpleafing to ...
... Plautus and Terence are copies of the Grecian ftage ; the latter , Caefar called , dimidiate Menau- der . If their tragic poets were no better than Seneca , ' tis no great lofs that they are all perished . It might not be difpleafing to ...
Page 163
... Plautus ) Dromio of Syracufe is giving his mafter a ludicrous defcription of an ugly woman , that laid claim to him as his wife . " S. Dro . I could find out countries in her . " S. Ant . In what part of her body stands " Ireland ? " S ...
... Plautus ) Dromio of Syracufe is giving his mafter a ludicrous defcription of an ugly woman , that laid claim to him as his wife . " S. Dro . I could find out countries in her . " S. Ant . In what part of her body stands " Ireland ? " S ...
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