Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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Page 157
... Comedy , which is wanting in him.2 ' Out of these two have been extracted the famous rules , which the French call Des Trois Unitez , or , the Three Unities , which ought to be observed in every regular play ; namely , of time , place ...
... Comedy , which is wanting in him.2 ' Out of these two have been extracted the famous rules , which the French call Des Trois Unitez , or , the Three Unities , which ought to be observed in every regular play ; namely , of time , place ...
Page 179
... comedy and tragedy , which to me sounds just as ridiculously as the history of David with the merry humours of Golia's . In Sejanus you may take notice of the scene betwixt Livia and the physician , which is a pleasant satire upon the ...
... comedy and tragedy , which to me sounds just as ridiculously as the history of David with the merry humours of Golia's . In Sejanus you may take notice of the scene betwixt Livia and the physician , which is a pleasant satire upon the ...
Page 202
... comedy alone . And here , having a place so proper for it , I cannot but enlarge somewhat upon this subject of humour into which I am fallen . The ancients had little of it in their comedies ; for the tó yeλotov2 of the old comedy , of ...
... comedy alone . And here , having a place so proper for it , I cannot but enlarge somewhat upon this subject of humour into which I am fallen . The ancients had little of it in their comedies ; for the tó yeλotov2 of the old comedy , of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
PROLOGUE TO THE TEMPEST 1670 | 97 |
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY | 104 |
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