Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer. RasselasNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... juft idea of Greek comedy . Besides , it seemed that tragedy was fufficient to employ all my attention , that I might give a complete reprefentation of that kind of writ- ing , which was most efteemed by the Athenians and the wiler ...
... juft idea of Greek comedy . Besides , it seemed that tragedy was fufficient to employ all my attention , that I might give a complete reprefentation of that kind of writ- ing , which was most efteemed by the Athenians and the wiler ...
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... juft to recall it to memory , and to add to what they have faid , fomething which they have omitted , a fingular effect of publick edicts appearing in the fucceffive progrefs of the art . A naked hiftory of poets and of poetry , fuch as ...
... juft to recall it to memory , and to add to what they have faid , fomething which they have omitted , a fingular effect of publick edicts appearing in the fucceffive progrefs of the art . A naked hiftory of poets and of poetry , fuch as ...
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... juft representation of things . Plautus is not quite " fo regular as Terence in the fcheme of his defigns , or in the diftribution of his acts , but he is more 6C 66 66 fimple in his plot ; for the fables of Terence are commonly complex ...
... juft representation of things . Plautus is not quite " fo regular as Terence in the fcheme of his defigns , or in the diftribution of his acts , but he is more 6C 66 66 fimple in his plot ; for the fables of Terence are commonly complex ...
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... juft account . As far as we can judge by appearance , Plutarch had in his hands all the plays of Aristophanes , which were at least fifty in number . In thefe he faw more licentiousness than has come to our hands , though in the eleven ...
... juft account . As far as we can judge by appearance , Plutarch had in his hands all the plays of Aristophanes , which were at least fifty in number . In thefe he faw more licentiousness than has come to our hands , though in the eleven ...
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... contrivance it was to perpetuate a state by changing the juft proportion which Solon had wifely fettled between the nobles and the people ; and by opening opening a gate to the fkilful ambition of thofe who 66 GENERAL CONCLUSION TO.
... contrivance it was to perpetuate a state by changing the juft proportion which Solon had wifely fettled between the nobles and the people ; and by opening opening a gate to the fkilful ambition of thofe who 66 GENERAL CONCLUSION TO.
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againſt amufe anfwered Ariftophanes Baffa Banquo becauſe caufe cenfure comedy comick confequence confidered converfation defign defire delight difcovered eafily endeavoured eſcape Euripides faid Imlac faid the prince fame fatire fays fcarcely fcene fecurity feems feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle firft firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed furely genius happineſs happy himſelf honour hope imagine itſelf juft kayah laft leaſt lefs likewife lofe loft Macbeth mankind Menander mifery mind moft Moliere moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Nekayah never obfcure obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Pekuah phanes Plautus pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poet prefent princefs publick purpoſe racter Raffelas raiſe reafon refolved refpect reft ſhall Socrates ſtate taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy underſtand univerfal uſed whofe
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