 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1783 - 248 lehte
...carried on with privacy, when the Chorus is fuppofed to be always prefent. But to proceed i I muft fay this to the advantage of Painting, even above Tragedy, that what this laft reprefents in the fpace of many hours,, the former mews us in one moment. The adtion, the pallion,.... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1798 - 394 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage i for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the chorus is supposed...always present. But to proceed : I must say this to the ad. vantage of Painting, even above Tragedy,, that what this last represents in the space of many hours,... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the Chorus is supposed...us in one moment. The action, the passion, and the manners of so many persons as are contained in a picture are to be discerned at once, in the twinkling... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the Chorus is supposed...us in one moment. The action, the passion, and the manners of so many persons as are contained in a picture are to be discerned at once, in the twinkling... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modem stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the Chorus is 'supposed to be always present.-— But to proceed : I naust sa.y this to the advantage of painting, even above tragedy, that what this last represents in... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the chorus is supposed...represents in the space of many hours, the former shows us in one moment. The action, the passion, and the manners of so many persons as are contained... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 388 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the chorus is supposed...this last represents in the space of many hours, the fVr<$rJfr shows us in one moment. The action, the passion, and the manners of so many persons as are... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 518 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the chorus is supposed...a fallacy in this, which a moment's consideration may delect. Painting does not present in one moment what tragedy shews in many hours, and cannot, on... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 520 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the chorus is supposed...a fallacy in this, which a moment's consideration may detect. Painting does not present in one moment what tragedy shews in many hours, and cannot, on... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 516 lehte
...because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the chorus is supposed...a fallacy in this, which a moment's consideration may detect. Painting does not present in one moment what tragedy shews in many hours, and cannot, on... | |
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I cannot do it without digression from my subject ; though it seems too strict at the first appearance, because it excludes all secret intrigues, which are the beauties of the modern stage ; for nothing can be carried on with privacy, when the Chorus... 
