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... means conducing to the ends of tragedy , which are pleasure and instruction . ' And these two ends may be thus distinguished . The chief end of the poet is to please ; for his immediate reputation depends on it . " The great part of the ...
... means conducing to the ends of tragedy , which are pleasure and instruction . ' And these two ends may be thus distinguished . The chief end of the poet is to please ; for his immediate reputation depends on it . " The great part of the ...
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... means , which they have used , have been successful , and have produced them . ' And one reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they ...
... means , which they have used , have been successful , and have produced them . ' And one reason of that success is , in my opinion , this , that Shakespeare and Fletcher have written to the genius of the age and nation in which they ...
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... means an original direction of desire to some particular object , an innate affection which gives all action a determinate and invariable tendency , and operates upon the whole system of life , either openly , or more secretly by the ...
... means an original direction of desire to some particular object , an innate affection which gives all action a determinate and invariable tendency , and operates upon the whole system of life , either openly , or more secretly by the ...
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Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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