Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 pages |
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John Dryden. the greater . I have already answered , that we need not suppose it does : I say not that the less can ... already ripe , and just breaking out into action . But as it is an error on the one side , to make too great a ...
John Dryden. the greater . I have already answered , that we need not suppose it does : I say not that the less can ... already ripe , and just breaking out into action . But as it is an error on the one side , to make too great a ...
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... already written . The subject of it is wholly allegorical ; and the allegory itself so very obvious that it will no sooner be read than understood . It is divided , according to the plain and natural method of every action , into three ...
... already written . The subject of it is wholly allegorical ; and the allegory itself so very obvious that it will no sooner be read than understood . It is divided , according to the plain and natural method of every action , into three ...
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... already more than I intended on this subject , and should fear it might be turned against me , that I plead for the pre - eminence of Epic Poetry because I have taken some pains in translating Virgil , if this were the first time that I ...
... already more than I intended on this subject , and should fear it might be turned against me , that I plead for the pre - eminence of Epic Poetry because I have taken some pains in translating Virgil , if this were the first time that I ...
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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