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Page 133
... English heroick line strikes the ear so faintly that it is easily lost , unless all the syllables of every line co - operate together : this co - opera- tion can be only obtained by the preservation of every verse unmingled with another ...
... English heroick line strikes the ear so faintly that it is easily lost , unless all the syllables of every line co - operate together : this co - opera- tion can be only obtained by the preservation of every verse unmingled with another ...
Page 336
... English than in the Greek , which must be proved by comparing them , somewhat more equitably than Mr. Rymer has done . After all , we need not yield that the English way is less conducing to move pity and terror , because they often ...
... English than in the Greek , which must be proved by comparing them , somewhat more equitably than Mr. Rymer has done . After all , we need not yield that the English way is less conducing to move pity and terror , because they often ...
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... English audience . ' And if they proceeded upon a foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians than Shakespeare and Fletcher to please the English , it only shews that the Athenians were a more judicious people ; but the poet's ...
... English audience . ' And if they proceeded upon a foundation of truer reason to please the Athenians than Shakespeare and Fletcher to please the English , it only shews that the Athenians were a more judicious people ; but the poet's ...
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Lives of the English Poets: With an Introd. by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson No preview available - 1964 |
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