 Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they lived; for though nature, as he objects, is the same in all places, and reason too the same, yet the climate, the age, the disposition of the people, to whom a poet writes, may be...  The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life - Page 225by John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844Full view - About this book
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 lehte
...too the same, yet the climate, the age, the disposition of the people, to whom a poet writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greeks would not...Shakspeare and Fletcher to please the English, it only shews that the Athenians were a more judicious people ; but the poet's business is certainly to please... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 lehte
...too the same, yet the climate, the age, the disposition of the people, to whom a poet writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greeks would not...Shakspeare and Fletcher to please the English, it only shews that the Athenians were a more judicious people ; but the poet's business is certainly to please... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 lehte
...disposition of the people, to " whom a poet writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greek? " would not satisfy an English audience. "And if they...reason to please the " Athenians, than Shakspeare and Flctcherto please the English, itonly shews "that the Athenians were a more judicious people; but the... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 lehte
...too the same, yet the climate, the age, the disposition of the people, to whom a poet Writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greeks would not...audience. And if they proceeded upon a foundation of tnicr reason to please the Athenians, than Shukflpeare and Fletcher to please the English, it only... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 lehte
...too the same; yet the climate, the age, the disposition of the people, to whom a poet writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greeks would not...Shakspeare and Fletcher to please the English, it only shews " that the Athenians were a more judicious people ; but the poet's business " is certainly to... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 lehte
...too the same, yet the climate, the age, the disposition of the people, to whom a poet writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greeks would not...foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians, than Shakespeare and Fletcher to please the English, it only shews, that the Athenians were a more judicious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 lehte
...the " same ; yet the climate, the age, the disposition " of the people, to whom a poet writes, may be so " different, that what pleased the Greeks would...not *-' satisfy an English audience. " And if they proceed upon a foundation of truer " reason to please the Athenians, than Shakspeare " and Fletcher... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 712 lehte
...too the same ; yet the climate, the age, the dispositions of the people to whom a poet writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greeks, would...foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians, than • — .... ether our English audience have been pleased 1 with bread, is the next question ; that... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 712 lehte
...too the same; yet the climate, the age, the dispositions of the people to whom a poet writes, may be so different, that what pleased the Greeks, would...foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians, than Shakespeare and Fletcher to please the English, it onlv shows that the Athenians were a more judicious... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 728 lehte
..." And if they proceeded upon a foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians, than Shakespeare and Fletcher to please the English, it only shows that the Athenians were a more judicious people: Bxit the poet's business is certainly to please the audience. " Whether our English audience have been... | |
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