Critical Essays on Dramatic PoetryL. Davis and C. Reymers, 1761 - 274 oldal |
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viii. oldal
... already gratified us with mafterly imitations of fome of M. de Voltaire's theatrical pieces , have omitted the pre- fatory difcourfes , which the author himself thought neceffary . i THE CONTENTS . SSAY on tragedy . In a letter.
... already gratified us with mafterly imitations of fome of M. de Voltaire's theatrical pieces , have omitted the pre- fatory difcourfes , which the author himself thought neceffary . i THE CONTENTS . SSAY on tragedy . In a letter.
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... fome comedies in profe , of the cele- brated Moliere , that we have been oblig- ed to turn into verse ; and now they are never acted but in their new dress . As I could not venture blank verfe on the french stage , according to the ...
... fome comedies in profe , of the cele- brated Moliere , that we have been oblig- ed to turn into verse ; and now they are never acted but in their new dress . As I could not venture blank verfe on the french stage , according to the ...
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Voltaire. are another caufe of that heavinefs which is found in fome of our compofitions . The benches on the stage , for the use of fpectators , ftreighten the scene and render almost every action imperfect * . This defect also hinders ...
Voltaire. are another caufe of that heavinefs which is found in fome of our compofitions . The benches on the stage , for the use of fpectators , ftreighten the scene and render almost every action imperfect * . This defect also hinders ...
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... fome French- men , who are acquainted with foreign tragedies or foreign manners , only by translations or by hear - fay , condemn them without reftriction ;, they may be com- pared , methinks , to those blind men who infift , that the ...
... fome French- men , who are acquainted with foreign tragedies or foreign manners , only by translations or by hear - fay , condemn them without reftriction ;, they may be com- pared , methinks , to those blind men who infift , that the ...
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... fome exceptions among us , as they did among the Greeks ; laws of decency , for the most part fome- what arbitrary , are not like the funda- mental laws of the theatre , which are the . three unities . It would fhew a want of talents ...
... fome exceptions among us , as they did among the Greeks ; laws of decency , for the most part fome- what arbitrary , are not like the funda- mental laws of the theatre , which are the . three unities . It would fhew a want of talents ...
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