Remarks on the life and writings of William Shakspeare1814 - 80 pages |
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... powers . He seems to have been the chief favourite of all the Muses ; the adopted son of Apollo himself . Whether his aim be to move the passions or to assuage their tumult , to excite pity or rouse indignation ; whether he deli- neates ...
... powers . He seems to have been the chief favourite of all the Muses ; the adopted son of Apollo himself . Whether his aim be to move the passions or to assuage their tumult , to excite pity or rouse indignation ; whether he deli- neates ...
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... powers of composition ; nor , if the circumstances which are said to have occasioned them be true , can any one regard them otherwise than as the effusion of a sarcastic heart , and of a mind insensible to moral propriety . As our bard ...
... powers of composition ; nor , if the circumstances which are said to have occasioned them be true , can any one regard them otherwise than as the effusion of a sarcastic heart , and of a mind insensible to moral propriety . As our bard ...
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... powers which have rendered him the delight and wonder of successive ages . At the time of his becoming in some degree a public character , we natu- rally expected to find many anecdotes recorded of his literary history : but by a ...
... powers which have rendered him the delight and wonder of successive ages . At the time of his becoming in some degree a public character , we natu- rally expected to find many anecdotes recorded of his literary history : but by a ...
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... powers in himself . The " science of acting " was then only in its infancy ; and as he that " strutted and bellowed " most , was probably esteemed the best player , Shakspeare's gentleness would be considered tameness , and his ...
... powers in himself . The " science of acting " was then only in its infancy ; and as he that " strutted and bellowed " most , was probably esteemed the best player , Shakspeare's gentleness would be considered tameness , and his ...
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... that can properly represent and appreciate talent . The birth and productions of one man of brilliant genius will stimulate the emulation , and call into action the full powers of a correllative mind . Hence 2. - 1 REMARKS ON THE LIFE AND.
... that can properly represent and appreciate talent . The birth and productions of one man of brilliant genius will stimulate the emulation , and call into action the full powers of a correllative mind . Hence 2. - 1 REMARKS ON THE LIFE AND.
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