The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1964 |
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Page 168
... present Spectators of Tragedies approve of those most , in which the Passions are mov'd least . They will endure no Modern Tragedy , in whose principal Character Love is not the predominant Quality . Now Love predominating in the ...
... present Spectators of Tragedies approve of those most , in which the Passions are mov'd least . They will endure no Modern Tragedy , in whose principal Character Love is not the predominant Quality . Now Love predominating in the ...
Page 248
... present Comick Poets , than the Sweating and Sneezing Sickness can come under the Practice of our con- temporary Physicians . What Vices and Follies may infect those who are to come after us , we know not ; ' tis the present , the ...
... present Comick Poets , than the Sweating and Sneezing Sickness can come under the Practice of our con- temporary Physicians . What Vices and Follies may infect those who are to come after us , we know not ; ' tis the present , the ...
Page 474
... Present etc. Dennis had dedi- cated the Comical Gallant ( 1702 ) and the Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shake- spear ( 1711 ) to George Granville , Lord Lansdowne . It was probably in 1711 that Lansdowne bestowed the noble present ...
... Present etc. Dennis had dedi- cated the Comical Gallant ( 1702 ) and the Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shake- spear ( 1711 ) to George Granville , Lord Lansdowne . It was probably in 1711 that Lansdowne bestowed the noble present ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
To the Spectator on Poetical Justice 1712 | 18 |
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