Quarterly Review, Volumen 29John Murray, 1823 |
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... comedy have been richer in genius , than all the other walks of French poetry taken together . Corneille , ' he says ' est un génie sublime ; il sût créer ; il est grand . Racine eut un talent admi- rable ; rable ; il sût embellir ; il ...
... comedy have been richer in genius , than all the other walks of French poetry taken together . Corneille , ' he says ' est un génie sublime ; il sût créer ; il est grand . Racine eut un talent admi- rable ; rable ; il sût embellir ; il ...
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... the deficiency . Corneille , the creator of tragedy , left also a model of the best species of French comedy , Le Menteur ; but Molière , who according " according to M. Chenier has no superior among philosophers 26 French Tragedy .
... the deficiency . Corneille , the creator of tragedy , left also a model of the best species of French comedy , Le Menteur ; but Molière , who according " according to M. Chenier has no superior among philosophers 26 French Tragedy .
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... comedy could not succeed against such opponents ; and M. François de Neufchateau , who since has played many parts ... comedy ; and the lyric theatres , as the great opera , and lighter comedy , interspersed with song . To the former ...
... comedy could not succeed against such opponents ; and M. François de Neufchateau , who since has played many parts ... comedy ; and the lyric theatres , as the great opera , and lighter comedy , interspersed with song . To the former ...
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... comedy , and not of the best comedy . It will readily be admitted that in Medée ' Corneille has not created much . He found the subject in mythology , and saw it fully treated by Seneca . He had therefore nothing to do but to C 4 copy ...
... comedy , and not of the best comedy . It will readily be admitted that in Medée ' Corneille has not created much . He found the subject in mythology , and saw it fully treated by Seneca . He had therefore nothing to do but to C 4 copy ...
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... comedy enough to justify the bitterest of his invectives , and make him imagine he had been possessed by a spirit of prophecy as well as a spirit of sedition ! Well indeed might such men as Evelyn cease to frequent the theatres when ...
... comedy enough to justify the bitterest of his invectives , and make him imagine he had been possessed by a spirit of prophecy as well as a spirit of sedition ! Well indeed might such men as Evelyn cease to frequent the theatres when ...
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