Poems and Prose of John DrydenPenguin Books, 1955 - 356 pages |
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Page 159
... scenes the fancy ( which in these cases will contribute to its own deceit ) may sometimes imagine it several places ... scene changed in the middle of an act . If the act begins in a garden , a street , or chamber , ' tis ended in the ...
... scenes the fancy ( which in these cases will contribute to its own deceit ) may sometimes imagine it several places ... scene changed in the middle of an act . If the act begins in a garden , a street , or chamber , ' tis ended in the ...
Page 172
... scene in the Troades , where Ulysses is seeking for Astyanax to kill him . There you see the tender- ness of a mother so represented in Andromache that it raises compassion to a high degree in the reader , and bears the nearest ...
... scene in the Troades , where Ulysses is seeking for Astyanax to kill him . There you see the tender- ness of a mother so represented in Andromache that it raises compassion to a high degree in the reader , and bears the nearest ...
Page 195
... scene lies under it . This gentleman is called away , and leaves his servant with his mistress ; presently her father is heard from within ; the young lady is afraid the servingman should be discovered , and thrusts him into a place of ...
... scene lies under it . This gentleman is called away , and leaves his servant with his mistress ; presently her father is heard from within ; the young lady is afraid the servingman should be discovered , and thrusts him into a place of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
PROLOGUE TO THE TEMPEST 1670 | 97 |
PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY | 104 |
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