Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 pages |
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Page 193
... confess as well the labour as the force of his imagination . Though he describes his Dido well and naturally in the violence of her passions , yet he must yield in that to the Myrrha , the Byblis , the Althaea , of Ovid ; for , as great ...
... confess as well the labour as the force of his imagination . Though he describes his Dido well and naturally in the violence of her passions , yet he must yield in that to the Myrrha , the Byblis , the Althaea , of Ovid ; for , as great ...
Page 209
... confess , if they were altogether as true as they are pompous . But are habits to be introduced at three hours ' warning ? are radical diseases so suddenly removed ? A mountebank may promise such a cure , but a skilful physician will ...
... confess , if they were altogether as true as they are pompous . But are habits to be introduced at three hours ' warning ? are radical diseases so suddenly removed ? A mountebank may promise such a cure , but a skilful physician will ...
Page 280
... confess , they are often what they call delicate , when they are introduced with judgment ; but Chaucer writ with more simplicity , and followed Nature more closely than to use them . I have thus far , to the best of my knowledge , been ...
... confess , they are often what they call delicate , when they are introduced with judgment ; but Chaucer writ with more simplicity , and followed Nature more closely than to use them . I have thus far , to the best of my knowledge , been ...
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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