The Critical Works of John Dennis, 2. köideJohns Hopkins Press, 1943 |
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... place , by 1705 Dennis was approaching his fiftieth year , and he seems to have lacked the flexibility of mind required to adapt himself to new times and new people . In the second place , his health began to fail at about this time ...
... place , by 1705 Dennis was approaching his fiftieth year , and he seems to have lacked the flexibility of mind required to adapt himself to new times and new people . In the second place , his health began to fail at about this time ...
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... place , external nature is relatively static , and Dennis held that the images which affect us most strongly are those of objects in motion.147 In the second place , since the essential mark of poetry is passion and since passion , as ...
... place , external nature is relatively static , and Dennis held that the images which affect us most strongly are those of objects in motion.147 In the second place , since the essential mark of poetry is passion and since passion , as ...
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... Place are mechanick Rules , which , if they are observ'd with Judgment , strengthen the reasonableness of the Incidents , heighten the probability of the Action , promote the agreeable Deceit of the Representation , and add Cleanliness ...
... Place are mechanick Rules , which , if they are observ'd with Judgment , strengthen the reasonableness of the Incidents , heighten the probability of the Action , promote the agreeable Deceit of the Representation , and add Cleanliness ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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