Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1977 - 461 pagina's |
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Pagina 166
... dramatick fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestick tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not written with much comprehension of thought , or elegance of ...
... dramatick fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestick tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not written with much comprehension of thought , or elegance of ...
Pagina 257
... dramatick performances . It is too long to be all acted , and has many characters and many incidents ; and though it is not without sallies of frantick dignity , and more noise than meaning , yet as it makes approaches to the ...
... dramatick performances . It is too long to be all acted , and has many characters and many incidents ; and though it is not without sallies of frantick dignity , and more noise than meaning , yet as it makes approaches to the ...
Pagina 287
... Dramatick Poetry was the first regular and valuable treatise on the art of writing . He who , having formed his opinions in the present age of English literature , turns back to peruse this dialogue , will not perhaps find much increase ...
... Dramatick Poetry was the first regular and valuable treatise on the art of writing . He who , having formed his opinions in the present age of English literature , turns back to peruse this dialogue , will not perhaps find much increase ...
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