Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 pages |
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Page 177
... Roman empire . Their first operas seem to have been intended for the celebration of the marriages of their princes , or for the magnificence of some general time of joy ; accordingly , the expenses of them were from the purse of the ...
... Roman empire . Their first operas seem to have been intended for the celebration of the marriages of their princes , or for the magnificence of some general time of joy ; accordingly , the expenses of them were from the purse of the ...
Page 220
... Roman families , which flourished in his time , less obliged by him than the Emperor . Your Lordship knows with what address he makes mention of them , as captains of ships or leaders in the war ; and even some of Italian extraction are ...
... Roman families , which flourished in his time , less obliged by him than the Emperor . Your Lordship knows with what address he makes mention of them , as captains of ships or leaders in the war ; and even some of Italian extraction are ...
Page 279
... Roman tongue was in its meridian , Chaucer in the dawning of our language ; therefore , that part of the comparison stands not on an equal foot , any more than the diction of Ennius and Ovid , or of Chaucer and our present English . The ...
... Roman tongue was in its meridian , Chaucer in the dawning of our language ; therefore , that part of the comparison stands not on an equal foot , any more than the diction of Ennius and Ovid , or of Chaucer and our present English . The ...
Contents
EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES Lord | 1 |
A DEFENCE OF AN ESSAY OF DRAMATIC POESY | 60 |
ON COMEDY Farce and TRAGEDY | 77 |
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