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... 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 present 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 present age , even when he designed to paint another age , and other nations : We fee in Corneille , all ...
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Joseph Warton. · the Cinna of Corneille , which the prince of Condé called the Breviary of kings , " Maximus whines likes a fhepherd in the Pastor Fido , even in the midst of profound political reflections , that equal those of Ta- citus ...
Joseph Warton. · the Cinna of Corneille , which the prince of Condé called the Breviary of kings , " Maximus whines likes a fhepherd in the Pastor Fido , even in the midst of profound political reflections , that equal those of Ta- citus ...
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