Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... Fable , Epicke , or Dramatick . To the resolving of this Question , wee must first agree in the definition of the Fable . The Fable is call'd the Imitation of one intire , and perfect Action ; whose parts are so joyned , and knitt ...
... Fable , Epicke , or Dramatick . To the resolving of this Question , wee must first agree in the definition of the Fable . The Fable is call'd the Imitation of one intire , and perfect Action ; whose parts are so joyned , and knitt ...
Page 149
... Fables or Parables . Of this in divine Poesie , wee see the use is authorised . In Heathen Poesie , wee see the exposition of Fables doth fall out sometimes with great felicitie , as in the Fable that the Gyants beeing overthrowne in ...
... Fables or Parables . Of this in divine Poesie , wee see the use is authorised . In Heathen Poesie , wee see the exposition of Fables doth fall out sometimes with great felicitie , as in the Fable that the Gyants beeing overthrowne in ...
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... fable was first , and the exposition devised , then that the Morall was first , & thereupon the fable framed . For I finde it was an auncient vanitie , in Chrisippus , that troubled himselfe with great contention to fasten the ...
... fable was first , and the exposition devised , then that the Morall was first , & thereupon the fable framed . For I finde it was an auncient vanitie , in Chrisippus , that troubled himselfe with great contention to fasten the ...
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