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Page 117
Samuel Johnson. Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold , and the language too luxuriant for dialogue . It is a drama in the epick style ... whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and MILTON ...
Samuel Johnson. Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold , and the language too luxuriant for dialogue . It is a drama in the epick style ... whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and MILTON ...
Page 166
... whole people , and the audience , consisting nearly of the same persons , could be drawn together only by variety . The Orphan was exhibited in 1680. This is one of the few plays that keep possession of the stage , and has pleased for ...
... whole people , and the audience , consisting nearly of the same persons , could be drawn together only by variety . The Orphan was exhibited in 1680. This is one of the few plays that keep possession of the stage , and has pleased for ...
Page 334
... whole reasonably : yet , by the genius of poetry in writing , he has succeeded . ' Rapin attributes more to the dictio , that is , to the words and discourse of a tragedy , than Aristotle has done , who places them in the last rank of ...
... whole reasonably : yet , by the genius of poetry in writing , he has succeeded . ' Rapin attributes more to the dictio , that is , to the words and discourse of a tragedy , than Aristotle has done , who places them in the last rank of ...
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