The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... fhall take notice , in this and in other fol- lowing Papers , of fome particular Parts in it that feem liable to Exception . ARISTOTLE obferves , that the Iambick Verfe in the Greek Tongue was the most proper for Tragedy : Because at ...
... fhall take notice , in this and in other fol- lowing Papers , of fome particular Parts in it that feem liable to Exception . ARISTOTLE obferves , that the Iambick Verfe in the Greek Tongue was the most proper for Tragedy : Because at ...
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... fhall defeat this great End , if we always make Virtue and Innocence happy and fuccefsful . What- ever Croffes and Disappointments a good Man fuffers in the Body of the Trage- dy , they will make but fmall Impreffion on our Minds , when ...
... fhall defeat this great End , if we always make Virtue and Innocence happy and fuccefsful . What- ever Croffes and Disappointments a good Man fuffers in the Body of the Trage- dy , they will make but fmall Impreffion on our Minds , when ...
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... fhall not infift upon it.vrey bus do Jods wolle duct THE fame Objections which are made to Tragi - Comedy , may in fome measure be applied to all Tragedies that have a double Plot in them ; which are likewife more frequent upon the ...
... fhall not infift upon it.vrey bus do Jods wolle duct THE fame Objections which are made to Tragi - Comedy , may in fome measure be applied to all Tragedies that have a double Plot in them ; which are likewife more frequent upon the ...
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... fhall here add a Remark , which I am afraid our Tragick Writers may make an ill ufe of . As our Heroes are generally Lovers , their Swelling and Bluftring upon the Stage very much re- com- Te commends them to the fair Part of their ...
... fhall here add a Remark , which I am afraid our Tragick Writers may make an ill ufe of . As our Heroes are generally Lovers , their Swelling and Bluftring upon the Stage very much re- com- Te commends them to the fair Part of their ...
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... fhall take the Liberty to part with her by the firft Opportus nity , unless her Father will make her Portion fuitable to her real , not her • affumed Countenance . This I thought fit to let him and her know by your • Means I am , SIR ...
... fhall take the Liberty to part with her by the firft Opportus nity , unless her Father will make her Portion fuitable to her real , not her • affumed Countenance . This I thought fit to let him and her know by your • Means I am , SIR ...
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