The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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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 difcover 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 difcover 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 supposed to be changed by fhifting 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 supposed to be changed by fhifting the moveable Scene in the ...
Page 334
... perfons at the time to which the fubject of his poem is confined . We have , however , four diftinct characters in these two perfons . We see man and woman in the highest innocence and perfection ; and in the moft ab- ject ftate of ...
... perfons at the time to which the fubject of his poem is confined . We have , however , four diftinct characters in these two perfons . We see man and woman in the highest innocence and perfection ; and in the moft ab- ject ftate of ...
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