An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare: Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic Poets; with Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons. de VoltairePriestley, 1810 - 296 Seiten |
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... ambition , and finely accounts in the following speeches for the asperity of his temper , and his fierce and unmitigated desire of domi- nion , from his being by his person dis- qualified qualified for the softer engagements of so ...
... ambition , and finely accounts in the following speeches for the asperity of his temper , and his fierce and unmitigated desire of domi- nion , from his being by his person dis- qualified qualified for the softer engagements of so ...
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... ambitious . Poor Sertorius in his old age is in love with this lady , for whom Perpenna is also dy- ing ; and Sertorius , whom we had sup- posed sacrificed to the ambition of his lieu- tenant , is the victim of his jealousy ...
... ambitious . Poor Sertorius in his old age is in love with this lady , for whom Perpenna is also dy- ing ; and Sertorius , whom we had sup- posed sacrificed to the ambition of his lieu- tenant , is the victim of his jealousy ...
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... ambition are the subjects of the French plays . From the first of these passions , many by age and temper are en- tirely exempted ; and from the second , many more , by situation . Among a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps ...
... ambition are the subjects of the French plays . From the first of these passions , many by age and temper are en- tirely exempted ; and from the second , many more , by situation . Among a thousand spectators , there are not perhaps ...
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... ambition , or of ambition struggling with love . The fable of the French plays is often taken from history , but then a romantic passion is superadded to it , and to that both events and characters are rendered subservient . Shakspeare ...
... ambition , or of ambition struggling with love . The fable of the French plays is often taken from history , but then a romantic passion is superadded to it , and to that both events and characters are rendered subservient . Shakspeare ...
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... ambitious courtiers , with- out any quality that distinguishes them from each other , or from any other in- triguing statesman ; nor do they at all contribute to bring about the revolution in the empire : their whole business seems to ...
... ambitious courtiers , with- out any quality that distinguishes them from each other , or from any other in- triguing statesman ; nor do they at all contribute to bring about the revolution in the empire : their whole business seems to ...
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