AN

ESSAY

ON THE

WRITINGS AND GENIUS

OF

SHAKESPEAR,

COMPARED WITH THE

GREEK AND FRENCH DRAMATIC POETS.

WITH

SOME REMARKS

Upon the MISREPRESENTATIONS Of

Monf. de VOLTAIRE.
Elizabeth Montague

THE THIRD EDITION.

LONDON,

Printed by H. HUGHS, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields;

For EDWARD and CHARLES DILLY, in the Poultry.

M.DCC.LXXII.

1

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

On Dramatic Poetry.

On the Hiftorical Drama.

The First Part of Henry IV.

The Second Part of Henry IV.

On the Præternatural Beings.

The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Upon the Cinna of Corneille.

Upon the Death of Julius Cæfar.

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P. III.

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