 | Voltaire - 1761 - 330 lehte
...who revived the wife rules of the antient theatre : other nations rcfufed for a long time fubmif£cn to a yoke, which they thought too fevere ; but as...this practice was entirely unknown to the greateft geniufTes, fuch as Lopez de Vega and Shakefpeare ; they acknowledge their obligation to us for awakening... | |
 | Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1901 - 494 lehte
...finally triumph, they too had yielded. "Even in England," he continued, "at this day authors give a notice at the beginning of their pieces, that the time employed in the action is equal to that in the representation, and thus go farther than ourselves who taught them." It was a consequence that... | |
 | Thomas R. Lounsbury - 1901 - 510 lehte
...finally triumph, they too had yielded. "Even in England," he continued, "at this day authors give a notice at the beginning of their pieces, that the time employed in the action is equal to that in the representation, and thus go farther than ourselves who taught them." It was a consequence that... | |
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Even in England, at this day, authors give us notice at the beginning of their pieces that the time employed in the action is equal to that of the representation and thus go further than ourselves, who taught them. 