Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... Action is aym'd at by the Poet , which answers Place in a building ; and that Action hath his largenesse , compasse , and proportion . But , as a Court or Kings Palace , requires other dimensions then a private house : So the Epick ...
... Action is aym'd at by the Poet , which answers Place in a building ; and that Action hath his largenesse , compasse , and proportion . But , as a Court or Kings Palace , requires other dimensions then a private house : So the Epick ...
Page 142
... Action , which is the subject of a just worke , there is requir'd a certaine propor- tionable greatnesse , neither too vast , nor too minute . For that which happens to the Eyes , when wee behold a body , the same happens to the Memorie ...
... Action , which is the subject of a just worke , there is requir'd a certaine propor- tionable greatnesse , neither too vast , nor too minute . For that which happens to the Eyes , when wee behold a body , the same happens to the Memorie ...
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... Action be single and separate , not com- pos'd of parts , which laid together in themselves , with an equall and fitting proportion , tend to the same end ; which thing out of Antiquitie it selfe , hath deceiv'd many ; and more this Day ...
... Action be single and separate , not com- pos'd of parts , which laid together in themselves , with an equall and fitting proportion , tend to the same end ; which thing out of Antiquitie it selfe , hath deceiv'd many ; and more this Day ...
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