The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page xxi
... Ęschylus , must have been preferr'd . Nay , it will not hold of Tragedy ; for Fletcher's Dialogue is intolerable in that , and could not be otherwise , because he seldom draws either his Manners or Sentiments from Nature .ン which is ...
... Ęschylus , must have been preferr'd . Nay , it will not hold of Tragedy ; for Fletcher's Dialogue is intolerable in that , and could not be otherwise , because he seldom draws either his Manners or Sentiments from Nature .ン which is ...
Page xxiii
... Ęschylus , must have been preferr'd . Nay , it will not hold of Tragedy ; for Fletcher's Dialogue is intolerable in that , and could not be otherwise , because he seldom draws either his Manners or Sentiments from Nature . † Exactly ...
... Ęschylus , must have been preferr'd . Nay , it will not hold of Tragedy ; for Fletcher's Dialogue is intolerable in that , and could not be otherwise , because he seldom draws either his Manners or Sentiments from Nature . † Exactly ...
Page xli
... Ęschylus ; Hither is a Man come like me ; No body is like me but Oreftes , it must therefore be Orestes . That of Polyides is beautiful and pathetic ; for in the Iphigenia of that Poet ( as we have it in Aristotle ) Orestes kneeling at ...
... Ęschylus ; Hither is a Man come like me ; No body is like me but Oreftes , it must therefore be Orestes . That of Polyides is beautiful and pathetic ; for in the Iphigenia of that Poet ( as we have it in Aristotle ) Orestes kneeling at ...
Page xlvi
... Ęschylus corrected , by chusing only noble Subjects , and an exalted Stile , that being before too burlesque . So that as far as we may guess , the Plays of Thespis were not unlike some of those of our Shakespear . For it was some time ...
... Ęschylus corrected , by chusing only noble Subjects , and an exalted Stile , that being before too burlesque . So that as far as we may guess , the Plays of Thespis were not unlike some of those of our Shakespear . For it was some time ...
Page xlvii
... Ęschylus added a fecond Actor , and fix'd his Stage , and adorn'd it in a more magnificent manner ; but then the fame Ornaments serv'd all Plays . Sophocles added a third Actor , and vary'd the Ornaments , and brought Tragedy to Per ...
... Ęschylus added a fecond Actor , and fix'd his Stage , and adorn'd it in a more magnificent manner ; but then the fame Ornaments serv'd all Plays . Sophocles added a third Actor , and vary'd the Ornaments , and brought Tragedy to Per ...
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