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Page ix
... human race , met by characters proportioned so truly , poetically , and directly for the situations , that the plays seem to have crys- tallized forever the statement of these problems , adding thereby to the wisdom and emotional depths ...
... human race , met by characters proportioned so truly , poetically , and directly for the situations , that the plays seem to have crys- tallized forever the statement of these problems , adding thereby to the wisdom and emotional depths ...
Page x
... human being to have . One reason for this fact is that few human beings undergo experiences of such tragic caliber as murdering a king to secure his crown or being driven to madness by the ingratitude of children and the buffetings of ...
... human being to have . One reason for this fact is that few human beings undergo experiences of such tragic caliber as murdering a king to secure his crown or being driven to madness by the ingratitude of children and the buffetings of ...
Page xxxii
... human beings , and the unlikelier the story , the likelier must the mechanism of its acting be made . Besides , when his own creative impulse was quickened , he could not help giving life to a character ; he could no more help it than ...
... human beings , and the unlikelier the story , the likelier must the mechanism of its acting be made . Besides , when his own creative impulse was quickened , he could not help giving life to a character ; he could no more help it than ...
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