The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 39
... play exhibited , but the ftrokes of genius are diftinguished by the multitude ; nor is there a tra- gedy where virtue is truly and naturally reprefented in distress , but the majority of the audience are in tears : The confideration of ...
... play exhibited , but the ftrokes of genius are diftinguished by the multitude ; nor is there a tra- gedy where virtue is truly and naturally reprefented in distress , but the majority of the audience are in tears : The confideration of ...
Page 164
... Play grows warmer , the Defign or Action draws on and thickens , and we fee fomething promising . 3. The Cataftafis , or Full - growth of the Plot , which is brought to its greatest height ; but here the Play takes what we may call a ...
... Play grows warmer , the Defign or Action draws on and thickens , and we fee fomething promising . 3. The Cataftafis , or Full - growth of the Plot , which is brought to its greatest height ; but here the Play takes what we may call a ...
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... Plays abound , Come not from hearts that are in fadness drown'd . The critics require three Unities to be observed in every regular Play , viz , those of Action , Time , and Place ; which , notwithstanding they are explained in our ...
... Plays abound , Come not from hearts that are in fadness drown'd . The critics require three Unities to be observed in every regular Play , viz , those of Action , Time , and Place ; which , notwithstanding they are explained in our ...
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