Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 pages |
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Page 137
... hero speaks not in the arbitrary tone , but remembers , in the softness of his complaints , that he is an unfortunate blind old man , that he is banished from his country , and persecuted by his next relations . The present French poets ...
... hero speaks not in the arbitrary tone , but remembers , in the softness of his complaints , that he is an unfortunate blind old man , that he is banished from his country , and persecuted by his next relations . The present French poets ...
Page 210
... hero , his magnanimity , his constancy , his patience , his piety , or whatever characteristical virtue his poet gives him , raises first our admiration ; we are naturally prone to imitate what we admire ; and frequent acts produce a ...
... hero , his magnanimity , his constancy , his patience , his piety , or whatever characteristical virtue his poet gives him , raises first our admiration ; we are naturally prone to imitate what we admire ; and frequent acts produce a ...
Page 233
... hero's honesty ; but he gained his cause , however , as pleading before corrupt judges . They were content to see their founder false to love ; for still he had the advantage of the amour ; it was their enemy whom he forsook ; and she ...
... hero's honesty ; but he gained his cause , however , as pleading before corrupt judges . They were content to see their founder false to love ; for still he had the advantage of the amour ; it was their enemy whom he forsook ; and she ...
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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