Critical Essays on Dramatic PoetryL. Davis and C. Reymers, 1761 - 274 pages |
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... french term it , his Theatre , to which thefe feve- ral differtations are prefixed . Such an attempt would have been too great for the leisure or for the abilities of the present tranflator . Mr. Dryden's prefaces , which have done fo ...
... french term it , his Theatre , to which thefe feve- ral differtations are prefixed . Such an attempt would have been too great for the leisure or for the abilities of the present tranflator . Mr. Dryden's prefaces , which have done fo ...
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... french and english tafte , with regard to dramatic compofition . In a letter to Sir Everard Falkener .. 78 On the fame fubject , in a fecond letter to the fame gentleman . 91 Of female literature . To the marchionefs du Chastelet . 108 ...
... french and english tafte , with regard to dramatic compofition . In a letter to Sir Everard Falkener .. 78 On the fame fubject , in a fecond letter to the fame gentleman . 91 Of female literature . To the marchionefs du Chastelet . 108 ...
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Voltaire. Of the excellencies of the greek , and de- fects of the french drama . to the dutchefs of Maine . , Addreffed 242 On chinese tragedy . In a dedication to the duke of Richelieu . 264 CRI- CRITICAL ESSAYS . ESSAY on TRAGEDY ; ...
Voltaire. Of the excellencies of the greek , and de- fects of the french drama . to the dutchefs of Maine . , Addreffed 242 On chinese tragedy . In a dedication to the duke of Richelieu . 264 CRI- CRITICAL ESSAYS . ESSAY on TRAGEDY ; ...
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... french verfe . I fpoke to you of it sometimes , and we were both fur- prized that no english writer had handled this fubject , which is fo extremely well adapted to your theatre . You emboldened me to continue a fubject fo fufceptible ...
... french verfe . I fpoke to you of it sometimes , and we were both fur- prized that no english writer had handled this fubject , which is fo extremely well adapted to your theatre . You emboldened me to continue a fubject fo fufceptible ...
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Voltaire. I found myself at a lofs , when I attempted to write a french tragedy . I was almost accustomed to think in English . I per- ceived that the french terms did not offer themselves to my imagination in the fame abundance they ...
Voltaire. I found myself at a lofs , when I attempted to write a french tragedy . I was almost accustomed to think in English . I per- ceived that the french terms did not offer themselves to my imagination in the fame abundance they ...
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Æneid affert againſt alfo almoſt alſo Alzira ancient anſwer Athens beauties becauſe beſt Brutus Cæfar cardinal Richelieu caufe chineſe Cinna comedy Corneille cuſtom defire Edipus engliſh Euripides expreffed faid fame fatisfied faults fcene feems fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fimple fince firft firſt fome fometimes foon fpectacle France french ftage ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuperior gallantry genius greateſt Greeks himſelf hiſtory honour imitated interefting itſelf laft laſt lefs manner Mariamne Merope moft monfieur de Voltaire moſt Motte mufic muft muſt myſelf nation nature neceffary notwithſtanding paffages paffion Paris perfonages perfons Phædra philofopher piece play pleaſed pleaſure poet poetry poffefs prefent profe publiſhed Racine raiſe reafon refpects reprefent repreſentation ridicule ſay ſcene ſeems Semiramis Shakeſpear ſhall ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſtage Tartuffe taſte theatre thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe three unities tragedy tragic tranflated uſe verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe write wrote Zara
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