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Page 165
... Corneille had no excellent author before his eyes , whom he could follow : Racine had Corneille , II . Corneille found the French stage in a barbarous state , and advanced it to great Perfection ; Racine has not fup- ported it in the ...
... Corneille had no excellent author before his eyes , whom he could follow : Racine had Corneille , II . Corneille found the French stage in a barbarous state , and advanced it to great Perfection ; Racine has not fup- ported it in the ...
Page 166
... Corneille : The Grand and Sublime of Corneille is never to be found in Racine . VIII . Racine has painted only the French and the prefent age , even when he designed to paint another age , and other nations : We fee in Corneille , all ...
... Corneille : The Grand and Sublime of Corneille is never to be found in Racine . VIII . Racine has painted only the French and the prefent age , even when he designed to paint another age , and other nations : We fee in Corneille , all ...
Page 272
... τι προσδερκεσθέ μ ' ομκασιν , τέκνα ; Τι προσγελαζε τον πανυκαζόν γελωι ; Απο αυτο δρασω καρδιά γαρ οιχεται . Heu ; the Cinna of Corneille , which the prince of Condé 272 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS ONE would imagine, from the practice ...
... τι προσδερκεσθέ μ ' ομκασιν , τέκνα ; Τι προσγελαζε τον πανυκαζόν γελωι ; Απο αυτο δρασω καρδιά γαρ οιχεται . Heu ; the Cinna of Corneille , which the prince of Condé 272 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS ONE would imagine, from the practice ...
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