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Page 62
... Racine , which are full of the ftrongest imagery , and are therefore much more difficult to ex- prefs in mufic , than verses of mere fentiment , Un prêtre environné d ' une foule cruelle Portera fur ma fille une main criminelle ...
... Racine , which are full of the ftrongest imagery , and are therefore much more difficult to ex- prefs in mufic , than verses of mere fentiment , Un prêtre environné d ' une foule cruelle Portera fur ma fille une main criminelle ...
Page 75
... Racine , who adopted and revived the use of them in his ATHALIA and ESTHER , were fufficient , one would ima- gine , to undeceive and convince us , of their importance , and utility . The ancients . treated treated only of fuch stories ...
... Racine , who adopted and revived the use of them in his ATHALIA and ESTHER , were fufficient , one would ima- gine , to undeceive and convince us , of their importance , and utility . The ancients . treated treated only of fuch stories ...
Page 103
... Racine was about the fame age when his ANDROMACHE , which may be regarded as has first good tragedy , was played . Corneille was more than thirty when his CID appeared . Defpreaux was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as ...
... Racine was about the fame age when his ANDROMACHE , which may be regarded as has first good tragedy , was played . Corneille was more than thirty when his CID appeared . Defpreaux was full thirty when he published his fatires , fuch as ...
Page 110
... Racine * . Quinetiam , prius effigiem formare , SOLUTIS , Totiufque operis fimulacrum fingere , verbis , Proderit ; atque omnes ex ordine nectere partes , Et feriem rerum , et certos fibi ponere fines , Per quos tuta regens veftigia ...
... Racine * . Quinetiam , prius effigiem formare , SOLUTIS , Totiufque operis fimulacrum fingere , verbis , Proderit ; atque omnes ex ordine nectere partes , Et feriem rerum , et certos fibi ponere fines , Per quos tuta regens veftigia ...
Page 111
Joseph Warton. When Racine had fixed on a subject for a play , he wrote down in plain profe , not only the fubject of each of the five acts , but of every scene and every fpeech ; fo that he could take a view of the whole at once , and ...
Joseph Warton. When Racine had fixed on a subject for a play , he wrote down in plain profe , not only the fubject of each of the five acts , but of every scene and every fpeech ; fo that he could take a view of the whole at once , and ...
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