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But the answerer ought to prove two things : first , that the fable is not the greatest masterpiece of a tragedy , though it be the foundation of it . ' Secondly , that other ends as suitable to the nature of tragedy may be found in the ...
But the answerer ought to prove two things : first , that the fable is not the greatest masterpiece of a tragedy , though it be the foundation of it . ' Secondly , that other ends as suitable to the nature of tragedy may be found in the ...
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For the characters , they are neither so many nor so various in Sophocles and Euripides , as in Shakespeare and Fletcher ; only they are more adapted to those ends of tragedy which Aristotle commends to us , pity and terror .
For the characters , they are neither so many nor so various in Sophocles and Euripides , as in Shakespeare and Fletcher ; only they are more adapted to those ends of tragedy which Aristotle commends to us , pity and terror .
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such , as it is for an innocent man ; and the suffering of innocence and punishment of the offender is of the nature of English tragedy : contrarily , in the Greek , innocence is unhappy often , and the offender escapes .
such , as it is for an innocent man ; and the suffering of innocence and punishment of the offender is of the nature of English tragedy : contrarily , in the Greek , innocence is unhappy often , and the offender escapes .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of Oxford world's classics Issues 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1952 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2009 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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