 Painter should be conformable to the text of ancient authors, to the custom and the times ;" and this is exactly the same in Poetry : Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the Epic ; Sophocles and Euripides in Tragedy ; in all things we are to imitate...  The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds - Page 241by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1716 - 504 lehte
...P"ega has attempted unfuccelsfully to do j but to be content to follow our Mafters, who underftood Nature better than we. But if the Story which we treat be modern , we are to vary the Cuftoms, according to the Time, and the Country, where the Scene of Aclion lies : for this is ftill... | |
 | Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy - 1783 - 248 lehte
...things we are to imitate the cuftoms and the times of thofe perfons and things which we reprefent : Not to make new rules of the Drama as Lopez de Vega has attempted unfuccefsfully to do, but to be content to follow our Mafters, who underftood Nature better than we.... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1798 - 394 lehte
...Poetry : Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the Epic ; Sophocles and Euripides in Tragedy : in all things we are to imitate the customs and the times...to do, but to be content to follow our masters, who VOL..in. s understood nature better than we. But if the story which we treat be modern, we are to vary... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 392 lehte
...Poetry : Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the Epic; Sophocles and Euripides in Tragedy: in all things we are to imitate the customs and the times...to do, but to be content to follow our masters, who vOL. III. S understood nature better than we. But if the story which we treat be modern, we are to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 518 lehte
...poetry ; Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the epic; Sophocles and Euripides in tragedy: in all things we are to imitate the customs and the times...Vega has attempted unsuccessfully to do, * but to he content to follow our masters, who understood nature hetter than we. But if the story which we treat... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 516 lehte
...poetry ; Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the epic; Sophocles and Euripides in tragedy: in all things we are to imitate the customs and the time,s...Vega has attempted unsuccessfully to do, * but to he content to follow our masters, who understood nature better than we. But if the story which we treat... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 518 lehte
...Virgil are to be our guides in the epic; Sophocles and Euriules i;n-| ourl wejj pides in tragedy : in all things we are to imitate the customs and the times...rules of the drama, as Lopez de Vega has attempted successfully to do, * but to he content to follow masters, who understood nature better than But if... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1809 - 368 lehte
...Poetry : Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the Epic; Sophocles and Euripides in Tragedy: in all things we are to imitate the customs and the times...not to make new rules of the Drama, as Lopez de Vega lasts attempted unsuccessfully to do, but to be content to follow our masters, who . VOL. in. s understood... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 428 lehte
...Poetry : Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the Epic ; Sophocles and Euripides in Tragedy: in all things we are to imitate the customs and the times...better than we. But if the story which we treat be modem, we are to vary the customs, according to the time and the country where the scene of action... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 432 lehte
...Poetry : Homer and Virgil are to be our guides in the Epic ; Sophocles and Euripides in Tragedy: in all things we are to imitate the customs and the times...persons and things which we represent: not to make netv rules of the drama, as Lopez de Vega has attempted unsuccessfully to do, but to be content to... | |
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