The Works of Mr. William Shakespear, Volume 7J. Darby, 1725 |
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Page xv
... Aristotle's Art of Poetry , the Players being left to themselves , immediately spoil'd the acting , and degenerated from that Wisdom and Simplicity , by which they had been maintain'd . These are the Gentlemen particularly that bring ...
... Aristotle's Art of Poetry , the Players being left to themselves , immediately spoil'd the acting , and degenerated from that Wisdom and Simplicity , by which they had been maintain'd . These are the Gentlemen particularly that bring ...
Page xvi
... Aristotle ? That they are known , will be plain from what follows ; and that they are those of Aristotle , at least in the Drama ( which I thall chiefly insisft on in this Essay ) will be as plain , if we confi- der , 1st , Who gives ...
... Aristotle ? That they are known , will be plain from what follows ; and that they are those of Aristotle , at least in the Drama ( which I thall chiefly insisft on in this Essay ) will be as plain , if we confi- der , 1st , Who gives ...
Page xvii
... Aristotle , and that they are ne- ver opposite to what pleases ; since they were made to thew us the Path we ought to tread , that we may arrive at what pleases . Were the Rules and what pleases opposite , we could never please but by ...
... Aristotle , and that they are ne- ver opposite to what pleases ; since they were made to thew us the Path we ought to tread , that we may arrive at what pleases . Were the Rules and what pleases opposite , we could never please but by ...
Page xviii
... Aristotle , the only mark ' of the Good and Pleasant . But these Suffrages are not to be ob- tain'd but by the observing of the Rules , and confequently these Rules are the only cause of the Good and the Pleasant ; whether they are ...
... Aristotle , the only mark ' of the Good and Pleasant . But these Suffrages are not to be ob- tain'd but by the observing of the Rules , and confequently these Rules are the only cause of the Good and the Pleasant ; whether they are ...
Page xix
... Aristotle ; from which , what I have faid on this Head is but an Abridgment . Since therefore the Neceffity of Rules ... Aristotle has laid them down , I shall fet down what an English Nobleman has given us on this Subject in Verfe ...
... Aristotle ; from which , what I have faid on this Head is but an Abridgment . Since therefore the Neceffity of Rules ... Aristotle has laid them down , I shall fet down what an English Nobleman has given us on this Subject in Verfe ...
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