A Philosophical Analysis and Illustration of Some of Shakespeare's Remarkable CharactersJ. Murray, 1774 - 224 pages |
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... less inftructive than amufing ; tending at once to improve the heart , and entertain the fancy . The genuine and original Poet , peculiarly favoured by nature , and inti- mately acquainted with the constitution of the human mind , not ...
... less inftructive than amufing ; tending at once to improve the heart , and entertain the fancy . The genuine and original Poet , peculiarly favoured by nature , and inti- mately acquainted with the constitution of the human mind , not ...
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... less than in cultivating the principles of benevolence and magnanimity . Nume- rous , however , are the defires , and various are the paffions that agitate the human heart . Every individual is actuated by feelings peculiar to himself ...
... less than in cultivating the principles of benevolence and magnanimity . Nume- rous , however , are the defires , and various are the paffions that agitate the human heart . Every individual is actuated by feelings peculiar to himself ...
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... less vehement than his own , or by discovering tempers of a different co- lour . We judge of mankind by referring their actions to the paffions and principles that influence our own behaviour : We have no other guide , fince the nature ...
... less vehement than his own , or by discovering tempers of a different co- lour . We judge of mankind by referring their actions to the paffions and principles that influence our own behaviour : We have no other guide , fince the nature ...
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... less than the ma- lignant . There are feveral writers , as there are many players , who are successful in imitating fome particular paffions , but who appear stiff , aukward , and unnatural , in the expreffion of others . Some are ...
... less than the ma- lignant . There are feveral writers , as there are many players , who are successful in imitating fome particular paffions , but who appear stiff , aukward , and unnatural , in the expreffion of others . Some are ...
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... less adapted to improve the heart , than to inform the understanding . It is obvious that my design by no means coincides with that of the ingenious author of the Effay on the Writings and Genius of Shake- fpeare , whofe fuccess in ...
... less adapted to improve the heart , than to inform the understanding . It is obvious that my design by no means coincides with that of the ingenious author of the Effay on the Writings and Genius of Shake- fpeare , whofe fuccess in ...
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affection againſt agitated agreeable alſo ambition amiable appetites apprehenfion arife averfion becauſe cauſe character circumftances compaffion conduct confequently conftitution deferving defires defpondency difcern diforder difpofe difpofitions diftinguiſhed diſappointed diſcover eaſily effential emotions endeavours eſteem Euripides exceedingly exceffive excited exerciſe expreffed expreffion exquifite falfe fame faſhioned feelings feem felves fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fions focial fome forrow foul friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fuccefs fuch fuffer fufpicion fuperior Hamlet happineſs hath heart Hecuba himſelf human nature Iachimo idea imagination Imogen impreffion increaſe indignation inſtead interefting itſelf Jaques Lady Macbeth lefs Leonatus leſs Lord Macbeth mankind ment mind moft moral moſt motley fool muft muſt nefs obfervations object ourſelves paffion pain perfon pleaſure poffefs preſent principles puniſhment purſue racter reaſon refentment render ſeem ſenſe Shakeſpeare ſhe ſtate temper thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou tion tuated underſtanding uſe violent virtue whofe