The Critical Works of John Dennis, Volume 2Johns Hopkins Press, 1964 - Criticism |
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... Roman Historian , if so be that he had read the latter ? Or what Reason can be given for his not reading him , when he wrote upon a Roman Story , but that in Shakespear's time there was a Translation of Plutarch , and there was none of ...
... Roman Historian , if so be that he had read the latter ? Or what Reason can be given for his not reading him , when he wrote upon a Roman Story , but that in Shakespear's time there was a Translation of Plutarch , and there was none of ...
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... Roman Name ? But let us see what Syphax replies to this Speech of Juba . Syph . Gods ! where's the Worth that sets this People up Above your own Numidia's tawny Sons ! Do they with tougher Sinews bend the Bow ? Or flies the Javelin ...
... Roman Name ? But let us see what Syphax replies to this Speech of Juba . Syph . Gods ! where's the Worth that sets this People up Above your own Numidia's tawny Sons ! Do they with tougher Sinews bend the Bow ? Or flies the Javelin ...
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... Romans were not only great characters but thoroughly Roman as well ( cf. note on II , 8. 20-32 ) . In the Dedication to Mithradates ( 1685 ) Lee admitted that he imitated " the thoughts of [ Shakespeare ] , for Majesty and true Roman ...
... Romans were not only great characters but thoroughly Roman as well ( cf. note on II , 8. 20-32 ) . In the Dedication to Mithradates ( 1685 ) Lee admitted that he imitated " the thoughts of [ Shakespeare ] , for Majesty and true Roman ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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