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Page 34
... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the sun . These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The ...
... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the sun . These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of " Paradise Lost " there are two plans : The ...
Page 37
... tragedy . Vol- taire tells . a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the rainbow be the fiddle - stick of the fid- dle of Heaven . * It has been already shown , that the first ...
... tragedy . Vol- taire tells . a wild and unauthorized story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the rainbow be the fiddle - stick of the fid- dle of Heaven . * It has been already shown , that the first ...
Page 41
... tragedy written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked whether Simmons was discour- aged from receiving them by the slow ...
... tragedy written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked whether Simmons was discour- aged from receiving them by the slow ...
Page 52
... tragedies , with their incumbrance of a chorus , to the ex- hibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is ... tragedy are , however , many particu- lar beauties , many just sentiments , and strik- ing lines ; but it wants that ...
... tragedies , with their incumbrance of a chorus , to the ex- hibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is ... tragedy are , however , many particu- lar beauties , many just sentiments , and strik- ing lines ; but it wants that ...
Page 65
... tragedy ; whether from the Alcibiade of Pala- prat , I have not means to inquire . Langbaine , the great detector of plagiarism , is silent . In 1677 , he published " Titus and Berenice , ” translated from Rapin , with the " Cheats of ...
... tragedy ; whether from the Alcibiade of Pala- prat , I have not means to inquire . Langbaine , the great detector of plagiarism , is silent . In 1677 , he published " Titus and Berenice , ” translated from Rapin , with the " Cheats of ...
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