 | Samuel Johnson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1812 - 808 pages
...Swift. 4 Spirit . distilled liquor. Pope. To DRAM, on To drink distilled spirits. DRA'MA, i. [SfetfAa.] A poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the...action is not related, but represented ; and in which therct^ fore such rules are to be observed, as make the representation probable. PRAMA'TICAL, 1«.... | |
 | John Walker - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1819 - 800 pages
...spirits, distilled liquors. To DRAM, dram. vn To drink distilled spirits. DRAMA, dra'ma, or dram'ina. s. A poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is not related, but represented ; a play, a comedy, a tragedv. CT The last mode of* pronouncing this word i* that which was universally... | |
 | 1821 - 702 pages
...The Cottage of Pella" needs not shrink from investigation. Dr. Johnson defines a drama to be • • a poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is not tola led, but represented ; and in which therefore such rules are to be observed as make the representation... | |
 | John Walker - Bible - 1823 - 808 pages
...spirits, distilled liquor*. To DRAM, dram. vn To drink distilled spirits. DRAMA, dra'ma, or dram 'mi. s. A poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is rfet related, but represented ; a play, a cnmedy , a tragedy. Cr The last mode ot' pronouncing this... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...R. Lillibridge. Providence, 1824. I : :n to. pp. 68. THE word Drama, is thus defined by Mr Walker: "a poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is not related but represented; a play ; a comedy ; a tragedy." Now it is clear, that Mr Walker was entirely ignorant of the true meaning... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1825 - 802 pages
...spirits, distilled liquors. To DRAM, dram, vn To drink distilled spirit-. DRAMA, dri'ina, or dram'ma. s. A poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is not related, but represented ; a pa).' a comedy, a tragedy. O" The last mode of pronouncing this won! that which was universally... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - Industries - 1825 - 486 pages
...2. It is about these points of intersection that all eclipses happen. ' DRAMA (from fyapa.) A poeriJ accommodated to action. !£' A poem in which the action is not related, but represented. ' DRASTIC (from fyarrixts:) In Pharmacy, medicines that are powerful and vigorous. ' ' '." ' DRAWBACK.... | |
 | Francis Edward J. Valpy - 1826 - 398 pages
...quo quis in cursu EXcii'iTun. Ut ut est, cerium esse videtur oriii а 8б'х«г8о1,' L. 10 Drama: a poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is not related, but represented, T. 1 1 For Sepeira, fr. $(рсш=:$ерш, L. This is ren • dered probable from this passage of Herodotus,... | |
 | William Grimshaw - English language - 1829 - 418 pages
...male of a duck. DRAM. s. Such a quantity of distilled spirits as is usually drunk at once. DR A'MA. s. A poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is not related, but represented, adj. dramatic, dramatical: adv. dramatically: s. dramatist. DRA'MATIZE. r. To form into a drama, pr.... | |
 | John Walker - 1830 - 726 pages
...liquors. To D&AM, dram, on To drink distilled spirits. DRAMA, dr&mft, or dram^mtl. s. A poem accom modatcU to action, a poem in which the action Is not related, but represented ; play, a comedy, a tragedy. \-'f- The last mod* of pronouncing this word is that which was universally... | |
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A poem accommodated to action ; a poem in which the action is not related, but represented ; and in which therefore such rules are to be observed as make the representation probable. 
