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Besides , if these are to be claffed under allegories ; Telemachus , Don Quixot , and other performances of that kind , are , for the same reason , allegorical . Some of the ancient critics , as Mr. Addison observes , were fond of ...
Besides , if these are to be claffed under allegories ; Telemachus , Don Quixot , and other performances of that kind , are , for the same reason , allegorical . Some of the ancient critics , as Mr. Addison observes , were fond of ...
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These , however , gave way , occasionally to religious and moral entertainments of the dramatic kind , which were often of such a nature , and so absurd , as to offend both reason and decency ; for the virtues and vices , and even ...
These , however , gave way , occasionally to religious and moral entertainments of the dramatic kind , which were often of such a nature , and so absurd , as to offend both reason and decency ; for the virtues and vices , and even ...
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days of Elizabeth , reason began to dawn . Then arofs Shakespear and Johnson , and the Theatre , tho ' void of proper scenes and decorations , was honoured with the protection and encouragement of her Majesty , who dignified the players ...
days of Elizabeth , reason began to dawn . Then arofs Shakespear and Johnson , and the Theatre , tho ' void of proper scenes and decorations , was honoured with the protection and encouragement of her Majesty , who dignified the players ...
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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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