The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 158
... fhould be feen in purfuit of his own bufinefs , not that of the Poet . To make thefe eafy and natural , fome reason fhould appear to the au- dience , why each perfon goes out and comes in : and , as the fuccefs of a Play depends much ...
... fhould be feen in purfuit of his own bufinefs , not that of the Poet . To make thefe eafy and natural , fome reason fhould appear to the au- dience , why each perfon goes out and comes in : and , as the fuccefs of a Play depends much ...
Page 163
... fhould never be used but to add an agreeableness to some just and proper fenti- ment , which , for want of fuch a turn , might pafs with- out its effect . That filly thing men call Sheer - awit , avoid , With which our age fo naufeously ...
... fhould never be used but to add an agreeableness to some just and proper fenti- ment , which , for want of fuch a turn , might pafs with- out its effect . That filly thing men call Sheer - awit , avoid , With which our age fo naufeously ...
Page 181
... fhould go before , be in- termixed with , or follow after this main action , but what is related to it ; nor fhould any single step be omitted in that juft and regular procefs , which it must be fuppofed to take from its origin to its ...
... fhould go before , be in- termixed with , or follow after this main action , but what is related to it ; nor fhould any single step be omitted in that juft and regular procefs , which it must be fuppofed to take from its origin to its ...
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