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Page 161
... Perfons , and whereby he diftinguishes his Characters . The Manners are faid to be good when they are well ex- preffed , that is , when the difcourfe of the perfons plainly discover their inclinations , and what refolutions they will ...
... Perfons , and whereby he diftinguishes his Characters . The Manners are faid to be good when they are well ex- preffed , that is , when the difcourfe of the perfons plainly discover their inclinations , and what refolutions they will ...
Page 165
... perfons to be employed . - Here it is proper to take notice , that in most of our printed Plays a new Scene is never expreffed to begin , but when the Place of Action is fuppofed to be changed by shifting the moveable Scene in the ...
... perfons to be employed . - Here it is proper to take notice , that in most of our printed Plays a new Scene is never expreffed to begin , but when the Place of Action is fuppofed to be changed by shifting the moveable Scene in the ...
Page 344
... perfons , and a great part of the action is carried on in imaginary worlds , which of course must admit of imaginary beings , these unsubstan- tial forms feem more agreeable to his poem than any other . This fiction has in itself fome ...
... perfons , and a great part of the action is carried on in imaginary worlds , which of course must admit of imaginary beings , these unsubstan- tial forms feem more agreeable to his poem than any other . This fiction has in itself fome ...
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