Critical Observations on ShakespeareG. Hawkins, 1746 - 346 pages |
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... person did fay 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 philofo- phical nature , much more than history . See Ariftot . xp . 9 . 3. Maccabaeo Banquhonique ...
... person did fay 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 philofo- phical nature , much more than history . See Ariftot . xp . 9 . 3. Maccabaeo Banquhonique ...
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... person thoroughly vi- tious , as thoroughly virtuous . Thus Philofo- phers who make human nature their study speak of it ; and thus the 5 greatest of all philofophers , " having touched upon the character of the mifan- " 5. Socrates in ...
... person thoroughly vi- tious , as thoroughly virtuous . Thus Philofo- phers who make human nature their study speak of it ; and thus the 5 greatest of all philofophers , " having touched upon the character of the mifan- " 5. Socrates in ...
Page 87
... person to be trusted with fo great an enterprize . He had befide been a flatterer of Caefar . · 13 The characters of the 3 confpirators were in after ages all abused , when hiftorians and poets turn'd court - flatterers . And even the ...
... person to be trusted with fo great an enterprize . He had befide been a flatterer of Caefar . · 13 The characters of the 3 confpirators were in after ages all abused , when hiftorians and poets turn'd court - flatterers . And even the ...
Page 108
... person , who relates , concludes with faying , that having drunken a little too much , and fallen faft afleep , he waked just about break of day , when he found Agatho the tragedian , and Ariftophanes the comedian difputing with ...
... person , who relates , concludes with faying , that having drunken a little too much , and fallen faft afleep , he waked just about break of day , when he found Agatho the tragedian , and Ariftophanes the comedian difputing with ...
Page 135
... person and dig- nity and what is ftill worfe , when the play was some time after acted before K. James , another prophetical patch of flattery was tacked to it . If a fubject is taken from the Roman history , he feems afraid to do ...
... person and dig- nity and what is ftill worfe , when the play was some time after acted before K. James , another prophetical patch of flattery was tacked to it . If a fubject is taken from the Roman history , he feems afraid to do ...
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