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Page cxxxiii
... thought , quite rightly , that they were founded on erroneous notions of tragedy . " His contention that their subjects were incapable of arousing either compassion or terror formed the basis of subsequent criticism of these two works ...
... thought , quite rightly , that they were founded on erroneous notions of tragedy . " His contention that their subjects were incapable of arousing either compassion or terror formed the basis of subsequent criticism of these two works ...
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... thought of Dryden as one of the eight writers flourishing in the reign of Charles II who produced good and diverting comedies , 60 but he never praised him as a comic poet so warmly as he praised Congreve , Wycherley , and Etherege ...
... thought of Dryden as one of the eight writers flourishing in the reign of Charles II who produced good and diverting comedies , 60 but he never praised him as a comic poet so warmly as he praised Congreve , Wycherley , and Etherege ...
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... Thoughts still farther fly , And still remoter flaming Worlds descry ; But ev'n an Angel's comprehensive Thought Cannot extend so far as thou has wrought , Our vast Conceptions are by swelling brought , Swallow'd and lost in Infinite to ...
... Thoughts still farther fly , And still remoter flaming Worlds descry ; But ev'n an Angel's comprehensive Thought Cannot extend so far as thou has wrought , Our vast Conceptions are by swelling brought , Swallow'd and lost in Infinite to ...
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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