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Page 111
... used to say , he dared not touch any of the sub- jects which Sophocles had handled , and abstained from imi- tating them from his great veneration of the original . And that this was the reason why he rather imitated Euripides than ...
... used to say , he dared not touch any of the sub- jects which Sophocles had handled , and abstained from imi- tating them from his great veneration of the original . And that this was the reason why he rather imitated Euripides than ...
Page 158
... used to relate , that an old magistrate , who had never been at a play , was carried , one day , to his Andromaque . This ma → gistrate was very attentive to the tragedy , to which was added the Plaideurs ; and going out of the theatre ...
... used to relate , that an old magistrate , who had never been at a play , was carried , one day , to his Andromaque . This ma → gistrate was very attentive to the tragedy , to which was added the Plaideurs ; and going out of the theatre ...
Page 206
... used to tell our author , that there was one way ftill left open for him , by which he might excel any of his predeceffors , which was , by CORRECTNESS ; that though indeed we had several great poets , we as yet could boast of none that ...
... used to tell our author , that there was one way ftill left open for him , by which he might excel any of his predeceffors , which was , by CORRECTNESS ; that though indeed we had several great poets , we as yet could boast of none that ...
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