An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare Compared with the Greek and French Dramatic PoetsR. Priestley, 1966 - 296 pages |
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... conspirators met to concert measures for such a perilous enterprise . In the next scene , Augustus sends for Cinna and Maxi- mus , to advise with them , whether he shall restore liberty to the commonwealth . Here we have some respite ...
... conspirators met to concert measures for such a perilous enterprise . In the next scene , Augustus sends for Cinna and Maxi- mus , to advise with them , whether he shall restore liberty to the commonwealth . Here we have some respite ...
Page 238
... conspirators are not Romans , but a par- cel of country - fellows of a former age who conspire in a tippling - house . - Surely there is no partiality in saying our author has given to Brutus Roman sentiments , with a tincture of the ...
... conspirators are not Romans , but a par- cel of country - fellows of a former age who conspire in a tippling - house . - Surely there is no partiality in saying our author has given to Brutus Roman sentiments , with a tincture of the ...
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... conspirators , and prepares us for the inflammatory oration , which at the obsequies of Cæsar he pronounces before the people.I shall cite it at length , for as this tragedy has been brought by Mr. Voltaire Voltaire into a comparison ...
... conspirators , and prepares us for the inflammatory oration , which at the obsequies of Cæsar he pronounces before the people.I shall cite it at length , for as this tragedy has been brought by Mr. Voltaire Voltaire into a comparison ...
Contents
Upon the Death of Julius Cæsar | 223 |
Dialogue I | 267 |
Dialogue II | 276 |
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