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Excerpt from An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, Compared With the Greek and French Dramatic Poets: With Some Remarks Upon the Misrepresentations of Mons, De Voltaire Learning here is' not confined to ecclefiafa tics, or a few lettered {ages and academics every Engliih gentleman has an education, which gives him an early acquaintance with the writings of the ancients. His knowledge of polite literature does not begin with that: period, which Mr. De Voltaire calls Le Siecle de Louis quatorze. Before he is admitted as a fpeétator at the theatre in London, it is probable he has already heard the tragic mu (e as [he {poke at Athens, and as {he now {peaks at Paris, or in Italy; and he can difcern be tween the natural language, in which the once addreffed the human heart, and the artificial dialect which {he has acquired from the prejudices of a particular nation, or the jar gon caught from the tone of a court. In or der to pleafe Upon the French fiage, every perfon of every age and nation was made to adopt French manners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.