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Page 90
... was in Malherbe ; and the moment I am making this remark , re- collect that the fame thing happened to M. Furetire . I have often heard Corneille de- clare , clare , that he inferted in his Polyeucte , two 90 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... was in Malherbe ; and the moment I am making this remark , re- collect that the fame thing happened to M. Furetire . I have often heard Corneille de- clare , clare , that he inferted in his Polyeucte , two 90 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
Page 103
... Corneille was more than thirty when his CID appeared . Defpreaux was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as ** Quintil . 1. xi . c . I. + Sect . x . 2 . ? we now have them . Moliere was full forty when H 4 We AND WRITINGS ...
... Corneille was more than thirty when his CID appeared . Defpreaux was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as ** Quintil . 1. xi . c . I. + Sect . x . 2 . ? we now have them . Moliere was full forty when H 4 We AND WRITINGS ...
Page 115
... Corneille's difcourfes on his own tragedies are admirably just . And one of the best pieces of modern criticism , the academy's obfervations on the Cid , was , we know , the work of perfons who had themselves written well . And our ...
... Corneille's difcourfes on his own tragedies are admirably just . And one of the best pieces of modern criticism , the academy's obfervations on the Cid , was , we know , the work of perfons who had themselves written well . And our ...
Page 124
... Corneille , whom the French are fo fond of oppofing to Shakespear , produced very contemptible comedies ; and the PLAIDEURES of Racine is fo close a re- femblance of Ariftophanes , that it ought not to be here urged . The most universal ...
... Corneille , whom the French are fo fond of oppofing to Shakespear , produced very contemptible comedies ; and the PLAIDEURES of Racine is fo close a re- femblance of Ariftophanes , that it ought not to be here urged . The most universal ...
Page 160
... Corneille , the latter gave him many general commen- dations , but advised him to apply his genius , as not being adapted to the drama , to fome other fpecies of poetry . Corneille , one would hope , was incapable of a mean jea- loufy ...
... Corneille , the latter gave him many general commen- dations , but advised him to apply his genius , as not being adapted to the drama , to fome other fpecies of poetry . Corneille , one would hope , was incapable of a mean jea- loufy ...
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