Dramatic EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1931 - 299 sivua |
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... action , which action must have all the proprieties above named . First , it must be one or single ; that is , it must not be a history of one man's life , suppose of Alexander the Great , or Julius Cæsar , but one single action of ...
... action , which action must have all the proprieties above named . First , it must be one or single ; that is , it must not be a history of one man's life , suppose of Alexander the Great , or Julius Cæsar , but one single action of ...
Sivu 242
... action beyond a year . At least Aristotle has set no precise limits to it . Homer's , we know , was within two months : Tasso , I am sure , exceeds not a summer ; and , if I examined him , perhaps he might be reduced into a much less ...
... action beyond a year . At least Aristotle has set no precise limits to it . Homer's , we know , was within two months : Tasso , I am sure , exceeds not a summer ; and , if I examined him , perhaps he might be reduced into a much less ...
Sivu 243
... action com- pletes the year . Then he celebrates the anniversary of his father's funerals , and shortly after arrives at Cumes ; and from thence his time is taken up in his first treaty with Latinus , the overture of the war , the siege ...
... action com- pletes the year . Then he celebrates the anniversary of his father's funerals , and shortly after arrives at Cumes ; and from thence his time is taken up in his first treaty with Latinus , the overture of the war , the siege ...
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EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES LORD | 1 |
A DEFENCE OF AN ESSAY OF DRAMATIC POESY | 60 |
ON COMEDY FARCE AND TRAGEDY | 77 |
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acknowledge action admiration Æneas Æneid Æneis amongst ancients argument Aristotle audience Augustus beauties Ben Jonson better betwixt blank verse Boccace Cæsar Catiline character Chaucer comedy commend compass confess Crites critics defend Dido discourse Dramatic Poesy Dryden Duke of Lerma endeavoured English epic Essay Eugenius Euripides excellent expression fancy father faults favour Fletcher French genius Georgics give Grecian Greek hero Homer honour Horace humour imagination imitation invention Italian JOHN DRYDEN Jonson judge judgment Julius Cæsar kind language Latin least Lisideius lived Lord Lordship Lucretius manners modern nature never noble numbers observed opinion Ovid passions perfection persons Pindaric pleased plot poem poet preface prose reader reason rhyme Roman satire scene Segrais Sejanus sense serious plays Shakspeare Silent Woman speak stage suppose Theocritus things thought Tis true tragedy translation Turnus Virgil virtue words writ write