Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... common obfervation , and there- fore perhaps not altogether untrue , that critics generally fet out with these two maxims ; the one , that the author must always dictate what is beft ; the other , that the critic is to determine what ...
... common obfervation , and there- fore perhaps not altogether untrue , that critics generally fet out with these two maxims ; the one , that the author must always dictate what is beft ; the other , that the critic is to determine what ...
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... common than for the best authors , to ap ply the verb properly to one fubftantive , and improperly often to the other ( fee the fchol . on Sophocl . Elect . . 437 . Edit . Steph . p . 101. and Homer Il . . 327. ) he could not have abus ...
... common than for the best authors , to ap ply the verb properly to one fubftantive , and improperly often to the other ( fee the fchol . on Sophocl . Elect . . 437 . Edit . Steph . p . 101. and Homer Il . . 327. ) he could not have abus ...
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... common idiom for foreign and borrowed terms , often gives grace and dignity to a language : τὸ ἐξαλλάξαι ποιεῖ φαίνεσθαι σεμνοτέραν · ὥσπες γὰρ πρὸς τὰς ξένες οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ πρὸς τὰς πολίτας τὸ αὐτὸ πάσχεσι καὶ πρὸς τὴν λέξιν : and in ...
... common idiom for foreign and borrowed terms , often gives grace and dignity to a language : τὸ ἐξαλλάξαι ποιεῖ φαίνεσθαι σεμνοτέραν · ὥσπες γὰρ πρὸς τὰς ξένες οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ πρὸς τὰς πολίτας τὸ αὐτὸ πάσχεσι καὶ πρὸς τὴν λέξιν : and in ...
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John Upton. no other reafon than being common . Nor are rough words to be avoided , if the fubject be harsh and rough . The muficians and painters can in- form Sophocles in Oed . col . p . 316. Edit . Steph . fpeaks of ... common. Nor are ...
John Upton. no other reafon than being common . Nor are rough words to be avoided , if the fubject be harsh and rough . The muficians and painters can in- form Sophocles in Oed . col . p . 316. Edit . Steph . fpeaks of ... common. Nor are ...
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... Cor . vi . 16. The apofile goes on , Εποίησέ τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵμαίος πᾶν ἔθνη . This Common relationship between mankind was a constant topic of 2 laid on mufical entertainments alone , in Plato's republic Sect . 4 . 31 on SHAKESPEARE .
... Cor . vi . 16. The apofile goes on , Εποίησέ τε ἐξ ἑνὸς αἵμαίος πᾶν ἔθνη . This Common relationship between mankind was a constant topic of 2 laid on mufical entertainments alone , in Plato's republic Sect . 4 . 31 on SHAKESPEARE .
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