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Page 165
It is one of the laws of the Drama , though not fufficiently obferved , that the Scenes be well con- nected , i . e . that they fucceed one another in fuch a manner that the Stage be never left quite empty till the end of the A & t .
It is one of the laws of the Drama , though not fufficiently obferved , that the Scenes be well con- nected , i . e . that they fucceed one another in fuch a manner that the Stage be never left quite empty till the end of the A & t .
Page 169
... the Unity of Place is allowed to be fufficiently obferved , if the Action is confined to the fame town or city : The ... ( in imitation of the an- tients ) obferve this law more ftrictly than the English ; but the more judicious and ...
... the Unity of Place is allowed to be fufficiently obferved , if the Action is confined to the fame town or city : The ... ( in imitation of the an- tients ) obferve this law more ftrictly than the English ; but the more judicious and ...
Page 358
It is , perhaps , the beautiful fimplicity of Fenelon's file , fo hard to imitate , and fo easily understood , that has degraded him in the eyes of the injudicious ; but it is to be obferved , that if Homer fires the mind and roufes us ...
It is , perhaps , the beautiful fimplicity of Fenelon's file , fo hard to imitate , and fo easily understood , that has degraded him in the eyes of the injudicious ; but it is to be obferved , that if Homer fires the mind and roufes us ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2 The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, John Newbery 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, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029955, 9780576029957 |
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