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Page 164
The Epitalis , or Working - up of the Plot , wherein the Play grows warmer , the Defign or Asetion draws on and thickens , and we see something promising . 3. The Cataftasis , or Full - growth of the Plot , which is now brought to its ...
The Epitalis , or Working - up of the Plot , wherein the Play grows warmer , the Defign or Asetion draws on and thickens , and we see something promising . 3. The Cataftasis , or Full - growth of the Plot , which is now brought to its ...
Page 168
Those bombast words , with which bad Plays abound , Come not from hearts that are in sadness drown'd . ... By the Unity of Aētion they mean , that one great Action is to be carried on throughout the Play , on which all the under Actions ...
Those bombast words , with which bad Plays abound , Come not from hearts that are in sadness drown'd . ... By the Unity of Aētion they mean , that one great Action is to be carried on throughout the Play , on which all the under Actions ...
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Such plays alone should please a British ear , As Cato's self would not disdain to hear . Epilogues , as well as Prologues , are always faulty when they want propriety , and Dr. Garth's to the Play abovementioned is , I think ...
Such plays alone should please a British ear , As Cato's self would not disdain to hear . Epilogues , as well as Prologues , are always faulty when they want propriety , and Dr. Garth's to the Play abovementioned is , I think ...
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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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