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Page 119
... ideas that can affect them when they are welded together in that unity which is an audience , are those commonplace , fundamental ideas that are almost feelings . These , the root ideas of poetry , are love , death and the destiny of ...
... ideas that can affect them when they are welded together in that unity which is an audience , are those commonplace , fundamental ideas that are almost feelings . These , the root ideas of poetry , are love , death and the destiny of ...
Page 121
... ideas in the theatre is that if they are acceptable , they are accepted and so kill the play that helped to diffuse them . For nothing is so tire- some in the theatre as to be forced to listen to the exposition of ideas that you are ...
... ideas in the theatre is that if they are acceptable , they are accepted and so kill the play that helped to diffuse them . For nothing is so tire- some in the theatre as to be forced to listen to the exposition of ideas that you are ...
Page 122
... ideas , when he presents it to them they sniff at it if the ideas are familiar to them , thinking modestly that what they know already is commonplace , and if the ideas are unfamiliar to them , they think them perfect nonsense and come ...
... ideas , when he presents it to them they sniff at it if the ideas are familiar to them , thinking modestly that what they know already is commonplace , and if the ideas are unfamiliar to them , they think them perfect nonsense and come ...
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