Dramatic EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1931 - 299 sivua |
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... poesy is of so large an extent , and so many both of the ancients and moderns have done well in all kinds of it , that in citing one against the other , we shall take up more time this evening than each man's occasions will allow him ...
... poesy is of so large an extent , and so many both of the ancients and moderns have done well in all kinds of it , that in citing one against the other , we shall take up more time this evening than each man's occasions will allow him ...
Sivu 62
... poesy : instruction can be admitted but in the second place ; for poesy only instructs as it delights . ' Tis true , that to imitate well is a poet's work ; but to affect the soul , and excite the passions , and above all to move ...
... poesy : instruction can be admitted but in the second place ; for poesy only instructs as it delights . ' Tis true , that to imitate well is a poet's work ; but to affect the soul , and excite the passions , and above all to move ...
Sivu 68
... Poesy must resemble natural truth , but it must be ethical . Indeed the poet dresses truth , and adorns nature , but does not alter them : Ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris . A Therefore , that is not the best poesy which ...
... Poesy must resemble natural truth , but it must be ethical . Indeed the poet dresses truth , and adorns nature , but does not alter them : Ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris . A Therefore , that is not the best poesy which ...
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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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