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" Tis not enough that Aristotle has said so, for Aristotle drew his models of tragedy from Sophocles and Euripides ; and, if he had seen ours, might have changed his mind. "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 111
by Samuel Johnson - 1840
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Issue 2

John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 591 pages
...ours, might have changed his mind. And chiefly we have to say, (what I hinted on pity and terrour, in the last paragraph save one,) that the punishment...because most conducing to good example of life. Now pity is not so easily raised for a criminal, (and the ancient tragedy always represents its chief person...
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The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden ..., Volume 1, Part 2

John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...terrour are either the prime, or at least the only ends of tragedy. , It is not enough that Aristotle has said so, for Aristotle drew his models of tragedy...changed his mind. And chiefly we have to say, (what I hinted on pity and terrour, in the last paragraph save one,) that the punishment of vice and reward...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...either the prime, or at " least the only end of tragedy. " 'Tis not enough that Aristotle has said 59; for Aristotle drew his models " of tragedy from Sophocles...changed his mind. And chiefly we have to say (what I hinted on pity " and1 terror, in the last paragraph save one), that the punishment of viceand " reward...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...terror are either the prime, or at ** lean the only end of tragedy. " Tis not enough that Aristotle has said so; for Aristotle drew his models " of tragedy...changed his mind. And chiefly we have to say (what I hinted on pity ** and terror, in the last paragraph save one), that the punishment of vice and "...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 432 pages
...terror are either the prime, or at least the only ends of tragedy. It is not enough that Aristotle has said so, for Aristotle drew his models of tragedy...changed his mind. And chiefly we have to say, (what I hinted on pity and terror, in the last paragraph save one,) that the punishment of vice and reward...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...ours, might " have changed his mind. And chiefly we have to " say (what I hinted on pity and terrour, in the last " paragraph save one), that the punishment...most conducing to good example " of life. Now, pity is not so easily raised for a " criminal (and the ancient tragedy always repre" sents its chief person...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...Euripides; and if he had seen ours, might have changed his mind. " And chiefly we have to say (what I hinted on pity and terror in the last paragraph save...most conducing to good example of life ; now pity is not so easily raised for a criminal (as the ancient tragedy always represents his chief person such)...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1811 - 420 pages
...dispute, whether pity and terror are either the prime, or at least theonly ends of tragedy. " "Fis not enough that Aristotle had said so ; for, Aristotle...changed his mind. And chiefly we have to say (what I hinted on pity and terror, in the last paragraph save one,") that the punishment of vice and reward...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 pages
...dispute, whether pity and terror are either the prime, or at least the only ends of tragedy. " 'Tis not enough that Aristotle had said so ; for, Aristotle...changed his mind. And chiefly we have to say (what I hinted on pity and terror, in the last paragraph save one,) that the punishment of vice and reward...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 2

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 728 pages
...terror are either the prime, or at least the only ends of tragedy" It is not enough that Aristotle has said so, for Aristotle drew his models of tragedy...changed his mind. " And chiefly we have to say (what I hinted on pity and terror in the last paragraph save one) that the punishment of vice and reward...
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