Dramatic EssaysJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1931 - 299 sivua |
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... reader must . Here indeed Mr. Cowley goes further than the Essay : for he asserts plainly that obscenity has no place in wit ; the other only says ' tis a poor pretence to it , or an ill sort of wit , which has nothing more to support ...
... reader must . Here indeed Mr. Cowley goes further than the Essay : for he asserts plainly that obscenity has no place in wit ; the other only says ' tis a poor pretence to it , or an ill sort of wit , which has nothing more to support ...
Sivu 256
... readers who have discernment enough to prefer Virgil before any other poet in the Latin tongue . Such spirits as he desired to please , such would I choose for my judges , and would stand or fall by them alone . Segrais has ...
... readers who have discernment enough to prefer Virgil before any other poet in the Latin tongue . Such spirits as he desired to please , such would I choose for my judges , and would stand or fall by them alone . Segrais has ...
Sivu 274
... reader . I will hope the best , that they will not be condemned ; but if they should , I have the excuse of an old gentleman , who , mounting on horseback before some ladies , when I was present , got up somewhat heavily , but desired ...
... reader . I will hope the best , that they will not be condemned ; but if they should , I have the excuse of an old gentleman , who , mounting on horseback before some ladies , when I was present , got up somewhat heavily , but desired ...
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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