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Page 110
Comedy lay neglected , and remained , according to its κωμωδία παρήχθη ,
παιδαγωτικής σαββησίαν έχεσα , και της άτυφίας εκ αχρήσως δι ' αυτής της
ευθυγρημοσύνης υπομιμονή - omra . After tragedy the old comedy fucceeded ,
afing an ...
Comedy lay neglected , and remained , according to its κωμωδία παρήχθη ,
παιδαγωτικής σαββησίαν έχεσα , και της άτυφίας εκ αχρήσως δι ' αυτής της
ευθυγρημοσύνης υπομιμονή - omra . After tragedy the old comedy fucceeded ,
afing an ...
Page 111
It had another name , teulwdicin the wineFong ; as mpafwdía , is the goat - Song :
a vessel of wine being the prize of comedy , and a goat of tragedy . Aristophanes
calls the old comedians tpufoSainovés , in that passage , rather from their ...
It had another name , teulwdicin the wineFong ; as mpafwdía , is the goat - Song :
a vessel of wine being the prize of comedy , and a goat of tragedy . Aristophanes
calls the old comedians tpufoSainovés , in that passage , rather from their ...
Page 112
Such is Epicharmus found comedy , when he preserved its original name , but
altered the form and nature of it ; and took , for the subject of his 16 imitation ,
those follies and vices of mankind , which render 15 Το δε μύθος ποιείν ,
ΕπίχαρμG- ...
Such is Epicharmus found comedy , when he preserved its original name , but
altered the form and nature of it ; and took , for the subject of his 16 imitation ,
those follies and vices of mankind , which render 15 Το δε μύθος ποιείν ,
ΕπίχαρμG- ...
Page 117
So Hamlet , in a jocose vein , says , For if the king like not the comedy ; Why then
, belike , be likes it not , perdy . There is no reason to tire the reader with more
instances , for a hint of this nature is sufficient . Xenophon in his treatise of the ...
So Hamlet , in a jocose vein , says , For if the king like not the comedy ; Why then
, belike , be likes it not , perdy . There is no reason to tire the reader with more
instances , for a hint of this nature is sufficient . Xenophon in his treatise of the ...
Page 119
When the middle comedy took place , and the chorus was repressed , and the
poets not allowed to name the persons ; yet by relating of real facts , the dulleft of
the audience could not be ignorant at whom the jest was pointed . 84 All 23 Horat
...
When the middle comedy took place , and the chorus was repressed , and the
poets not allowed to name the persons ; yet by relating of real facts , the dulleft of
the audience could not be ignorant at whom the jest was pointed . 84 All 23 Horat
...
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| Title | Critical Observations on Shakespeare |
| Author | John Upton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | G. Hawkins, 1748 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 415 pages |
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