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Page 235
... nature's laws . Then for the style ; majestic and divine , It speaks no less than God in every line : Commanding words ; whose force is still the same As the first fiat that produc'd our frame . All faiths beside or did by arms ascend ...
... nature's laws . Then for the style ; majestic and divine , It speaks no less than God in every line : Commanding words ; whose force is still the same As the first fiat that produc'd our frame . All faiths beside or did by arms ascend ...
Page 381
... nature was to be preferred . I answer you , therefore , by distinguishing betwixt what is nearest to the nature of comedy , which is the imitation of common persons and ordinary speaking , and what is nearest the nature of a serious ...
... nature was to be preferred . I answer you , therefore , by distinguishing betwixt what is nearest to the nature of comedy , which is the imitation of common persons and ordinary speaking , and what is nearest the nature of a serious ...
Page 382
... nature , in its actions , passions , and traverses of for- tune : so is the end - namely , for the delight and benefit of mankind . The characters and persons are still the same , viz . , the greatest of both sorts ; only the manner of ...
... nature , in its actions , passions , and traverses of for- tune : so is the end - namely , for the delight and benefit of mankind . The characters and persons are still the same , viz . , the greatest of both sorts ; only the manner of ...
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