Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, Written by Mr. William Shakespeare |
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... is one of the beft of his Pieces , and ftrikes us with a cer- tain Awe and Serioufnefs of Mind , far be- yond thofe Plays whofe Whole Plot turns upon vehe . vehement and uncontroulable Love , fuch as are most of ( 4 )
... is one of the beft of his Pieces , and ftrikes us with a cer- tain Awe and Serioufnefs of Mind , far be- yond thofe Plays whofe Whole Plot turns upon vehe . vehement and uncontroulable Love , fuch as are most of ( 4 )
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... whole Play is founded upon two Lo- vers defiring to poffefs each other : And one of the Reasons for this feems to be , that this last Species of that Paffion is more commonly met with than the former , and fo confequent- ly ftrikes us ...
... whole Play is founded upon two Lo- vers defiring to poffefs each other : And one of the Reasons for this feems to be , that this last Species of that Paffion is more commonly met with than the former , and fo confequent- ly ftrikes us ...
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... whole Conduct of the Play , the Reader must not be surprised , if I cenfure any Part of it , although it be entirely in Conformity to the Plan the Author has chofen ; because it is eafy to conceive , that a Poet's Judgment is ...
... whole Conduct of the Play , the Reader must not be surprised , if I cenfure any Part of it , although it be entirely in Conformity to the Plan the Author has chofen ; because it is eafy to conceive , that a Poet's Judgment is ...
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... apon by Degrees . This Rule is very happily obferv'd in this Play ; and it has this Advantage over many others , that it has Majesty and Sim- plicity city joined together . For this whole prepa- ratory Difcourfe ( 8 )
... apon by Degrees . This Rule is very happily obferv'd in this Play ; and it has this Advantage over many others , that it has Majesty and Sim- plicity city joined together . For this whole prepa- ratory Difcourfe ( 8 )
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... Whole in fuch a Manner , that it is all entirely Natural : And tho ' moft Men are well enough arm'd against all Belief of the Appearances of Ghofts , yet they are forced , during the Representation of this Piece , en- tirely to fufpend ...
... Whole in fuch a Manner , that it is all entirely Natural : And tho ' moft Men are well enough arm'd against all Belief of the Appearances of Ghofts , yet they are forced , during the Representation of this Piece , en- tirely to fufpend ...
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Abfurdity alfo almoſt Amlethus appear Audience Author Beauties becauſe Befides Behaviour beſt Caufe cauſe Character Circumſtances Comick Confequence Converfation Courſe Critick Cuſtom Death Defign defire Denmark Deſcription Diction Dignity Dramatick elfe exprefs'd faid fame Father Fault feems fent ferve fhall fhews fhocking fhort fhould Filial Piety fince fome fpeak Friendſhip ftill fuch a Piece fuitable fuppofe furely Gerutha Ghoft Ghoſt give greateſt Hamlet himſelf Horatio Impofition juſt King Laertes Laertes's laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Madneſs Majeſty moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nefs never Norway obferve Occafion Ophelia Paffions Perfons Play pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure Poet poffible Polonius Prince Hamlet Prince's Profe Puniſhment racter raiſe a Laugh Reaſon Repreſentation repreſented Revenge Romeo and Juliet Scene ſeem Sentiments Sequel Shakespeare's Sophocles Spectators Spectre Speech ſtrong take Notice Taſte Tenderneſs thefe themſelves Theobalds theſe Lines Thing thofe thoſe Tragedy Tragick Writers Ufurper Underſtandings uſe virtuous whole
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Page 49 - Denmark, as he had the dying voice of the prince. He in a few words gives a noble character of Hamlet, and ferves to carry off the...
Page 55 - And the more I read him, the more I am convinced, that as he knew his own particular Talent well, he study'd more to work up great and moving Circumstances to place his chief Characters in, so as to affect our Passions strongly, he apply'd himself more to This than he did to the Means or Methods whereby he brought his Characters into those Circumstances.
Page 4 - But the Province of an Editor and a Commentator is quite foreign to that of a Poet. The former endeavours to give us an Author as he is ; the latter, by the Correclnefs and Excellency of his own Genius, is often tempted to give us an Author as he thinks he ought to be.