Dramatic EssaysJ.M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1928 - 299 sivua |
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Sivu xii
... English , on the ground of its adherence to the unities , great structural regularity , and use of rhyme . Neander protests against this : the English , he declares , excel in “ lively imitation of nature , ” richness of invention ...
... English , on the ground of its adherence to the unities , great structural regularity , and use of rhyme . Neander protests against this : the English , he declares , excel in “ lively imitation of nature , ” richness of invention ...
Sivu xiii
... English drama , and therefore for the right of the individual playwright to go straight to nature for himself . The general purpose of the Essay , " however , may be said to be two - fold- to defend rhyme in the drama against Sir Robert ...
... English drama , and therefore for the right of the individual playwright to go straight to nature for himself . The general purpose of the Essay , " however , may be said to be two - fold- to defend rhyme in the drama against Sir Robert ...
Sivu 102
... English idiom by mixing it too much with French : that is a sophistication of language , not an improvement of it ; a turning English into French , rather than a refining of English by French . We meet daily with those fops who value ...
... English idiom by mixing it too much with French : that is a sophistication of language , not an improvement of it ; a turning English into French , rather than a refining of English by French . We meet daily with those fops who value ...
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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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