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He has translated a passage from the Scholia on Hepheeftion , in proof of his opinion , and observes that the dancing the strophe and antistrophe in the same space of ground , and we may suppose the fame space of time also , thews why ...
He has translated a passage from the Scholia on Hepheeftion , in proof of his opinion , and observes that the dancing the strophe and antistrophe in the same space of ground , and we may suppose the fame space of time also , thews why ...
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What is meant by Unity of Place , is that the Scene should never be shifted throughout the Play , birt remain in the same place where it was laid at the beginning . This indeed would be to keep close to nature and proba . bility ...
What is meant by Unity of Place , is that the Scene should never be shifted throughout the Play , birt remain in the same place where it was laid at the beginning . This indeed would be to keep close to nature and proba . bility ...
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But there is not the same strain of sublimity as in the Iliad , because the characters being most of them in common life , and concern'd and employ'd in cabals , intrigues or rural af . fairs , they would not admit of it .
But there is not the same strain of sublimity as in the Iliad , because the characters being most of them in common life , and concern'd and employ'd in cabals , intrigues or rural af . fairs , they would not admit of it .
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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