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Page 335
... tragedy , reformation of manners ; but the last improperly , only as it begets pity in the audience : though Aristotle , I confess , places tragedies of this kind in the second form . ' He who undertakes to answer this excellent ...
... tragedy , reformation of manners ; but the last improperly , only as it begets pity in the audience : though Aristotle , I confess , places tragedies of this kind in the second form . ' He who undertakes to answer this excellent ...
Page 336
... tragedy which Aristotle commends to us , pity and terror . ' The manners flow from the characters , and con- sequently must partake of their advantages and dis- advantages . " The thoughts and words , which are the fourth and fifth ...
... tragedy which Aristotle commends to us , pity and terror . ' The manners flow from the characters , and con- sequently must partake of their advantages and dis- advantages . " The thoughts and words , which are the fourth and fifth ...
Page 337
... tragedy : contrarily , in the Greek , innocence is unhappy often , and the offender escapes . Then we are not ... tragedy he has here given , is excellent , and extreme correct ; but that it is not the only model of all tragedy , because ...
... tragedy : contrarily , in the Greek , innocence is unhappy often , and the offender escapes . Then we are not ... tragedy he has here given , is excellent , and extreme correct ; but that it is not the only model of all tragedy , because ...
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