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" He that without diminution of any other excellence shall preserve all the unities unbroken, deserves the like applause with the architect who shall display all the orders of architecture in a citadel without any deduction from its strength. But the principal... "
The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life - Page 61
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836
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Mr. Johnson's Preface to His Edition of Shakespear's Plays..

Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...preferve all the unities unbroken, deferves the like applaufe with the architect, who fhall difplay all the orders of architecture in a citadel, without any deduction from its ftrength ; but the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy ; and the greateft graces...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...preferve all the unities unbroken, deferve* the like applaufe with the architect, who ihall difplay all the orders of architecture in a citadel, without any deduction from its ftrength ; but the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy; and the greateft graces of...
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Prefaces. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...preierve all the unities unbroken, deferves the like applaufe with the architect, who mail difplay all the orders of architecture in a citadel, without any deduction from its ftrength; but the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy; and the greateft graces of...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...preferve all the Unities unbroken, deferves the like Applaufe with the Architect, who-, fhall difplay all the Orders of Architecture in a Citadel, without...Strength ;. but the principal Beauty of a Citadel is to extludo the Enemy: and the greateft Graces of a Play ara to copy Nature and inftruct Life. . ' Perhaps,...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...fhall difplay all the Orders of Architecture in a Ciladel, without any Deduction from its Strenjfth ; but the principal Beauty .of a Citadel is to exclude the Enemy: and the greateft Graces of a Play are to copy Nature and mftruct Life. ' Perhaps, what I have here hot dogmatically,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare in Ten Volumes: Prefaces. The tempest. The ...

William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...preferve all the unities unbroken, deferves the like applaufe with the architect, who (hall dilplay all the orders of architecture in a citadel, without any deduction from its ftrength; but the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy ; and the greateft graces of...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tracts

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...preferve all the unities unbroken, deferves the like applaufe with the architect, who fhall difplay all the orders of architecture in a citadel, without any deduction from its ftrength : but the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy ; and the greateft graces...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...what is necessary. He that, without diminution of any other excellence, shall preserve all the unities unbroken, deserves the like applause with the architect,...greatest graces of a play are to copy nature, and in. struft life. Perhaps, what I have here not dogmatically but deliberately written, may recall the...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...ihall difplay all the orders of architecture in a citadel, without any deduilion from its ftrength: but the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy ; and the greateft graces of a play are to copy nature, and inftruft life. Perhaps, what I have here not dogmatically...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...fhall difplay all the orders of architefture in a citadel, without any deduction from its ftrength ; but the principal beauty of a citadel is to exclude the enemy ; and the greateft graces of a play are to copy nature, and inftruct life. Perhaps, what I have here not dogmatically...
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