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Page 166
... dramatick fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestick tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not written with much comprehension of thought , or elegance of ...
... dramatick fashion . Of this play nothing new can easily be said . It is a domestick tragedy drawn from middle life . Its whole power is upon the affections ; for it is not written with much comprehension of thought , or elegance of ...
Page 248
... dramatick , epick , or lyrick way . This promise was never formally performed ; but , with respect to the dramatick writers , he has given us in his prefaces , and in this post- script , something equivalent ; but his purpose being to ...
... dramatick , epick , or lyrick way . This promise was never formally performed ; but , with respect to the dramatick writers , he has given us in his prefaces , and in this post- script , something equivalent ; but his purpose being to ...
Page 287
... Dramatick Poetry was the first regular and valuable treatise on the art of writing . He who , having formed his opinions in the present age of English literature , turns back to peruse this dialogue , will not perhaps find much increase ...
... Dramatick Poetry was the first regular and valuable treatise on the art of writing . He who , having formed his opinions in the present age of English literature , turns back to peruse this dialogue , will not perhaps find much increase ...
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