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Page 338
... person who enters , though to others , makes it so ; because he introduces a new business . Now the plots of their plays being narrow , and the persons few , one of their acts was written in a less compass than one of our well - wrought ...
... person who enters , though to others , makes it so ; because he introduces a new business . Now the plots of their plays being narrow , and the persons few , one of their acts was written in a less compass than one of our well - wrought ...
Page 348
... person of our nation as a fault ; for , he says , they commonly make but one person considerable in a play ; they dwell on him , and his concernments , while the rest of the persons are only sub- servient to set him off . If he intends ...
... person of our nation as a fault ; for , he says , they commonly make but one person considerable in a play ; they dwell on him , and his concernments , while the rest of the persons are only sub- servient to set him off . If he intends ...
Page 368
... person rep- resented is fantastic or bizarre ; but pleasure is essential to it , as the imitation of what is natural . The description of these humours , drawn from the knowledge and observation of par- ticular persons , was the ...
... person rep- resented is fantastic or bizarre ; but pleasure is essential to it , as the imitation of what is natural . The description of these humours , drawn from the knowledge and observation of par- ticular persons , was the ...
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