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Excerpt from An Historical and Critical Account of the Theatres in Europe: Viz. The Italian, Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Flemish, and German Theatres, in Which Is Contain'd a Review of the Manner, Persons and Character of the Actors; Intermix'd With Many Curious Dissertations Upon the Drama In France, the Theatre, when at its Per feetion, retain'd every Characteriftic of the Court. The Reign of a young munificent Prince, fucceeding a longage of civil Difcord, made Pafiion, Gallantry and Magnificence the chief Objeets of their Drama. As their Court improv'd in Tafte, their Drama ap proached nearer to Perfee'tion, but both ftill retain'd the fame Characters: Peyton with out Elefvation, Eloquence in Writing, without Strength of Genius, and the flames of the Hero blown by the Sigbr'of the Lower. 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.