S H A K S P E A RE,

COMPARED WITH THE

GREEK AND FRENCH

Dramatic Poets.

WITH

SOME REMARKS

UPON THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF

Mons. DE

DE VOLTAIRE.

THE SIXTH EDITION, CORRECTED.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,
Three Dialogues of the Dead.

By Mrs. MONTAGU.

LONDON:
Printed by Harding and Wright, St. John's-square,
FOR R. PRIESTLEY, 143, high-HOLBORN ; AND

R. LEA, GREEK-STREET, SOHO.

CONTENT S.

.

INTRODUCTION.

On Dramatic Poetry.

On the Historical Drama.

The First Part of Henry IV.

The Second Part of Henry IV.

On the Præternatural Beings.

The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Upon the Cinna of Corneille.

Upon the Death of Julius Cæsar.

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P. 33.

P. 69.

P. 93.

P. 115.

P. 155.

P. 187

P. 223.

THREE DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD.

Dialogue I.

Dialogue II.

Dialogue III.

P. 267.

P. 276.

P. 282.

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