Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 pages |
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Page 55
... answers ( it being presumed he knew not what the other would say , yet ) makes up that part of the verse which was ... answer of one . This , I confess , is an objection which is in every man's mouth , who loves not rhyme : but suppose ...
... answers ( it being presumed he knew not what the other would say , yet ) makes up that part of the verse which was ... answer of one . This , I confess , is an objection which is in every man's mouth , who loves not rhyme : but suppose ...
Page 71
... answer to it may be more perspicuous . I conceive his meaning to be what follows , as to the unity of place : ( if I mis- take , I beg his pardon , professing it is not out of any design to play the Argumentative Poet ) . If one stage ...
... answer to it may be more perspicuous . I conceive his meaning to be what follows , as to the unity of place : ( if I mis- take , I beg his pardon , professing it is not out of any design to play the Argumentative Poet ) . If one stage ...
Page 76
... answer in his Preface to his plays : that occasioned my reply in my Essay ; and that reply begot this rejoinder of his in his Preface to The Duke of Lerma . But as I was the last who took up arms , I will be the first to lay them down ...
... answer in his Preface to his plays : that occasioned my reply in my Essay ; and that reply begot this rejoinder of his in his Preface to The Duke of Lerma . But as I was the last who took up arms , I will be the first to lay them down ...
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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