A Philosophical Analysis and Illustration of Some of Shakespeare's Remarkable CharactersJ. Murray, 1774 - 224 pages |
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... Poet , peculiarly favoured by nature , and inti- mately acquainted with the constitution of the human mind , not by a long train of metaphyfical deductions , but , as it were , by immediate intuition , displays the work- ings of every ...
... Poet , peculiarly favoured by nature , and inti- mately acquainted with the constitution of the human mind , not by a long train of metaphyfical deductions , but , as it were , by immediate intuition , displays the work- ings of every ...
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... Poets conftituted an effential part in their celebrated systems of education . Plutarch obferves , in his treatise ... poetic art , adorning the precepts of philo- fophy , renders them eafy and agreeable . Socrates , according to ...
... Poets conftituted an effential part in their celebrated systems of education . Plutarch obferves , in his treatise ... poetic art , adorning the precepts of philo- fophy , renders them eafy and agreeable . Socrates , according to ...
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... poets , and especially from Shakespeare , will be more particu- larly illustrated in the following remarks . The study of human nature has been often and variously recommended . " Know thyself , " was a precept so highly esteemed by the ...
... poets , and especially from Shakespeare , will be more particu- larly illustrated in the following remarks . The study of human nature has been often and variously recommended . " Know thyself , " was a precept so highly esteemed by the ...
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... Poets of the second clafs , no lefs than thofe of the firft , may inyent the most elegant fictions , may paint the most beautiful imagery , may exhibit fitua- tions exceedingly interefting , and conduct their incidents with propriety ...
... Poets of the second clafs , no lefs than thofe of the firft , may inyent the most elegant fictions , may paint the most beautiful imagery , may exhibit fitua- tions exceedingly interefting , and conduct their incidents with propriety ...
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... poet in fome measure becomes the perfon he represents , clothes himself with his character , affumes his manners , and tranfpofeth himself into his fituation : The texture of his mind must be exquifitely fine and delicate ; susceptible ...
... poet in fome measure becomes the perfon he represents , clothes himself with his character , affumes his manners , and tranfpofeth himself into his fituation : The texture of his mind must be exquifitely fine and delicate ; susceptible ...
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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