 | Michael J. Sidnell - Drama - 1991 - 298 pages
...think his Romans not sufficiently Roman; and Voltaire censures his kings as not completely royal.22 Dennis is offended, that Menenius, a senator of Rome,...violated when the Danish usurper is represented as 21 In the Preface to his edition of Shakespeare (1725). Alexander Pope (1688-1744) observes that "had... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pages
...him to the censure of criticks, who form their judgments upon narrower principles. Dennis* and Rymer4 think his Romans not sufficiently Roman; and Voltaire...violated when the Danish usurper is represented as a drunkard.5 But Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident; and if he preserves the essential... | |
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His adherence to general nature has exposed him to the censure of critics, who form their judgments upon narrower principles. Dennis and Rymer think his Romans not sufficiently Roman ; and Voltaire censures his kings as not completely royal. 
