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... dramatick powers . Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by some imitator , it would have claimed and received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Sampson Agonistes has in requital been too ...
... dramatick powers . Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by some imitator , it would have claimed and received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Sampson Agonistes has in requital been too ...
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... Dramatick Poetry was the first regular and valuable treatise on the art of writing . He who , having formed his opinions in the present age of English literature , turns back to peruse this dialogue , will not perhaps find much increase ...
... Dramatick Poetry was the first regular and valuable treatise on the art of writing . He who , having formed his opinions in the present age of English literature , turns back to peruse this dialogue , will not perhaps find much increase ...
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... dramatick poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite passion , should exhibit with great readiness its external modes : but since experience has fully proved that ...
... dramatick poet should without difficulty become a great actor ; that he who can feel , could express ; that he who can excite passion , should exhibit with great readiness its external modes : but since experience has fully proved that ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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