Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1977 - 461 pagina's |
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Pagina 115
... action is not probable . A Masque , in those parts where supernatural interven- tion is admitted , must indeed be given up to all the freaks of imagination ; but , so far as the action is merely human , it ought to be reasonable , which ...
... action is not probable . A Masque , in those parts where supernatural interven- tion is admitted , must indeed be given up to all the freaks of imagination ; but , so far as the action is merely human , it ought to be reasonable , which ...
Pagina 121
... action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in heaven , and Michael's prophetick account of the changes to happen in this world . Both ...
... action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in heaven , and Michael's prophetick account of the changes to happen in this world . Both ...
Pagina 142
... action could not have been one ; there could only have been a succession of incidents , each of which might have happened without the rest , and which could not all co - operate to any single conclusion . The discontinuity of the action ...
... action could not have been one ; there could only have been a succession of incidents , each of which might have happened without the rest , and which could not all co - operate to any single conclusion . The discontinuity of the action ...
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