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From hence it is plain , that there is no Place in Tragedy for any thing but grave
and serious Actioas . Comedy imitates the Witty , and the Pleafant , and the
ridiculous Adions of Mankind , Next this Action must be entire ; that is it must have
a ...
From hence it is plain , that there is no Place in Tragedy for any thing but grave
and serious Actioas . Comedy imitates the Witty , and the Pleafant , and the
ridiculous Adions of Mankind , Next this Action must be entire ; that is it must have
a ...
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gustus . Natural Reason indeed show'd to ShakeIpear the Absurdity of making
the Representation longer , than the Thie , and the Place more extenfive than the
Place of acting , as is plain from his Chorus's in his Historical Plays , in which he ...
gustus . Natural Reason indeed show'd to ShakeIpear the Absurdity of making
the Representation longer , than the Thie , and the Place more extenfive than the
Place of acting , as is plain from his Chorus's in his Historical Plays , in which he ...
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own'd that Shakespear drew Men better , than Women ; to whom indeed he has
seldom given any considerable Place in ... done most in this matter , but here he
has not given any graceful Tooches co Desdemona in many places of her Part .
own'd that Shakespear drew Men better , than Women ; to whom indeed he has
seldom given any considerable Place in ... done most in this matter , but here he
has not given any graceful Tooches co Desdemona in many places of her Part .
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Essay on the Art Rise and Progress of the Stage in Greece Rome | i |
The Glossary Ixviü | lxix |
Venus and Adonis | 1 |
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