Critical Essays on Dramatic PoetryL. Davis and C. Reymers, 1761 - 274 pages |
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... fcene , and rhime * In French verfe , there is , generally , a paufe about the middle of every line , which is called Céfure , and each half - line is diftinct from the other , and called Hémiftiche . always in our's . It is even to ...
... fcene , and rhime * In French verfe , there is , generally , a paufe about the middle of every line , which is called Céfure , and each half - line is diftinct from the other , and called Hémiftiche . always in our's . It is even to ...
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... fcene from yours . You must own , the English theatre is very im- perfect ; I have heard you say , my lord , that you had not one good tragedy ; but for recom- pence , you have , in these monftrous compofitions , fcenes truly admirable ...
... fcene from yours . You must own , the English theatre is very im- perfect ; I have heard you say , my lord , that you had not one good tragedy ; but for recom- pence , you have , in these monftrous compofitions , fcenes truly admirable ...
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... fcene , and is therefore oblig ed to make Renaud , under the name of Rutilus , repeat a small part of this fpeech which , he says , he had before made to the confpirators . You conceive from this very account , how much fu- perior the ...
... fcene , and is therefore oblig ed to make Renaud , under the name of Rutilus , repeat a small part of this fpeech which , he says , he had before made to the confpirators . You conceive from this very account , how much fu- perior the ...
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... fcene as if it were the only one you had to write . Beautiful details are what fupports a work in verfe , and makes it defcend to pofterity . It is often the peculiar manner of expreffing common thoughts , it is that art of embellishing ...
... fcene as if it were the only one you had to write . Beautiful details are what fupports a work in verfe , and makes it defcend to pofterity . It is often the peculiar manner of expreffing common thoughts , it is that art of embellishing ...
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... fcene , it should become the neceffary knot of the play , and not be brought in to fill up the va- cancies of your tragedies and ours , which are , both , too long ; it must be a passion truly tra- gic , confidered as a weakness , and ...
... fcene , it should become the neceffary knot of the play , and not be brought in to fill up the va- cancies of your tragedies and ours , which are , both , too long ; it must be a passion truly tra- gic , confidered as a weakness , and ...
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