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... Scenes , some last longer than othersome , and some are ended when others are begun ; likewise some of my Scenes have no acquaintance or relation to the rest of the Scenes , although in one and the same Play , which is the reason many ...
... Scenes , some last longer than othersome , and some are ended when others are begun ; likewise some of my Scenes have no acquaintance or relation to the rest of the Scenes , although in one and the same Play , which is the reason many ...
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... scene changed in the middle of an act : if the act be- gins in a garden , a street , or chamber , ' tis ended in the ... scenes ; and ' tis a good mark of a well - contrived play , when all the persons are know to each other , and every ...
... scene changed in the middle of an act : if the act be- gins in a garden , a street , or chamber , ' tis ended in the ... scenes ; and ' tis a good mark of a well - contrived play , when all the persons are know to each other , and every ...
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... scene in the Troades , where Ulysses is seeking for Astyanax to kill him ; there you see the tenderness of a mother so ... scenes , you will find few among them ; their tragic poets dealt not with that soft passion , but with lust ...
... scene in the Troades , where Ulysses is seeking for Astyanax to kill him ; there you see the tenderness of a mother so ... scenes , you will find few among them ; their tragic poets dealt not with that soft passion , but with lust ...
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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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