Historical View of the Literature of the South of Europe, Volume 4H. Colburn and Company, 1823 - European literature |
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... comedies in verse with more ease than others wrote sonnets ; and who , during the period that the Castilian tongue was in vogue , filled at one and the same moment , with pieces of endless variety , all the theatres of the Spanish ...
... comedies in verse with more ease than others wrote sonnets ; and who , during the period that the Castilian tongue was in vogue , filled at one and the same moment , with pieces of endless variety , all the theatres of the Spanish ...
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... Comedies . Religion , indeed , al- ways occupies an important place in the Spanish plays , however far the subject may be removed from it . In those countries where the Deity is held to be best worshipped by observing the dictates of ...
... Comedies . Religion , indeed , al- ways occupies an important place in the Spanish plays , however far the subject may be removed from it . In those countries where the Deity is held to be best worshipped by observing the dictates of ...
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... comedies are of an heroic cast , and as combats , dangers , and po- litical revolutions are there mingled with do- mestic events , the poet could not assign them at his pleasure to a particular time or place , feeling himself ...
... comedies are of an heroic cast , and as combats , dangers , and po- litical revolutions are there mingled with do- mestic events , the poet could not assign them at his pleasure to a particular time or place , feeling himself ...
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... comedies of pure invention , he possesses an advantage which he frequently loses in his his- torical pieces . While the characters are better drawn and better supported , there is greater pro- bability in the events , more unity in the ...
... comedies of pure invention , he possesses an advantage which he frequently loses in his his- torical pieces . While the characters are better drawn and better supported , there is greater pro- bability in the events , more unity in the ...
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... comedies written with much imagination . His political and historical information procured him employment in the chancery of the state , under the reign of Philip IV . After the death of that monarch in 1665 , he was presented with the ...
... comedies written with much imagination . His political and historical information procured him employment in the chancery of the state , under the reign of Philip IV . After the death of that monarch in 1665 , he was presented with the ...
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