English Dramatic Theories, 1. köideM. Niemeyer, 1973 |
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... imagine , and Art hath taught , and all ancient examples justified , and at this day , the ordinary players in Italy will not err in . Yet will some bring in an example of Ew nuchus in Terence , that containeth matter of two days , yet ...
... imagine , and Art hath taught , and all ancient examples justified , and at this day , the ordinary players in Italy will not err in . Yet will some bring in an example of Ew nuchus in Terence , that containeth matter of two days , yet ...
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... imagine that a man should not only light upon the wit , but the rhyme too , upon the sudden ? This nicking of him who spoke before both in sound and measure , is so great an happiness , that you must at least suppose the persons of your ...
... imagine that a man should not only light upon the wit , but the rhyme too , upon the sudden ? This nicking of him who spoke before both in sound and measure , is so great an happiness , that you must at least suppose the persons of your ...
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Paul Goetsch. consequently you cannot imagine them to have been sudde either in the poet or in the actors . A play , as I have said , to b like Nature , is to be set above it ; as statues which are place on high are made greater than the ...
Paul Goetsch. consequently you cannot imagine them to have been sudde either in the poet or in the actors . A play , as I have said , to b like Nature , is to be set above it ; as statues which are place on high are made greater than the ...
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An Abridgement of the Notable Work | 5 |
Prologue to Ralph Roister Doister ca 1566 | 11 |
The Art of English Poesy 1589 | 25 |
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