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Page 11
... difference , as the space was much smaller . The artist now buried himself in the profoundest reverie ; while he stood thus lost in abstraction , the squire said to himself , " Ah ! now we shall have a subject worthy of Sal- vator Rosa ...
... difference , as the space was much smaller . The artist now buried himself in the profoundest reverie ; while he stood thus lost in abstraction , the squire said to himself , " Ah ! now we shall have a subject worthy of Sal- vator Rosa ...
Page 12
... difference between them . This called up our critic , who said he would endeavor to describe the difference . " Let us select , " said he , " the cele- brated tent scene of Richard the Third : it is , of all others , that in which the ...
... difference between them . This called up our critic , who said he would endeavor to describe the difference . " Let us select , " said he , " the cele- brated tent scene of Richard the Third : it is , of all others , that in which the ...
Page 16
... difference of stature . The real dramatist will so apportion the incidents that the critical eye will at once recognise their affinity to each other , and the necessity for the existence of each , with as much logical readiness as the ...
... difference of stature . The real dramatist will so apportion the incidents that the critical eye will at once recognise their affinity to each other , and the necessity for the existence of each , with as much logical readiness as the ...
Page 27
... difference between a pas . sion and a monomania lies in the pursuit of the object , and the overvaluing of it . In one sense every passion may be termed a monomania , but , though the line of demarcation varies in dif- ferent ...
... difference between a pas . sion and a monomania lies in the pursuit of the object , and the overvaluing of it . In one sense every passion may be termed a monomania , but , though the line of demarcation varies in dif- ferent ...
Page 43
... difference very wide ; being no less than between action and narration . The dramatist includes the novelist and the romancist . The latter may eke out his short- comings by description , as a man in an equivocal position may explain ...
... difference very wide ; being no less than between action and narration . The dramatist includes the novelist and the romancist . The latter may eke out his short- comings by description , as a man in an equivocal position may explain ...
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