English Dramatic Theories, 1. köideM. Niemeyer, 1973 |
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Page 96
... farther business among us . But the Muses , who ever follow peace , went to plant in another country : it was then that the great Cardinal of Richelieu began to take them into his protection ; and that , by his encouragement , Corneille ...
... farther business among us . But the Muses , who ever follow peace , went to plant in another country : it was then that the great Cardinal of Richelieu began to take them into his protection ; and that , by his encouragement , Corneille ...
Page 109
... Farther , I think it very convenient , for the reasons he has given , that all incredible actions were removed ; but , whether custom has so insinuated itself into our countrymen , or nature has so formed them to fierceness , I know not ...
... Farther , I think it very convenient , for the reasons he has given , that all incredible actions were removed ; but , whether custom has so insinuated itself into our countrymen , or nature has so formed them to fierceness , I know not ...
Page 127
... farther guilty of it , had he writ in prose . And for your instance of Ben Johnson , who , you ay , writ exactly without the help of rhyme ; you are to re- member , ' tis only an aid to a luxuriant fancy , which his was not : as he did ...
... farther guilty of it , had he writ in prose . And for your instance of Ben Johnson , who , you ay , writ exactly without the help of rhyme ; you are to re- member , ' tis only an aid to a luxuriant fancy , which his was not : as he did ...
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Prologue to Ralph Roister Doister ca 1566 | 11 |
The Art of English Poesy 1589 | 25 |
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