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Page 31
... represented , being too difpiriting for a fimile . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the discovery of a secret machina- tion . Zara . The mute not yet return'd ! Ha ! ' twas the King , The King that parted hence ! frowning he went ...
... represented , being too difpiriting for a fimile . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the discovery of a secret machina- tion . Zara . The mute not yet return'd ! Ha ! ' twas the King , The King that parted hence ! frowning he went ...
Page 134
... represented lamenting his wife and children , inhumanly murdered by the tyrant . Struck with the news , he questions the meffenger over and over ; not that he doubt- ed the fact , but that his heart revolted a- gainst so cruel a ...
... represented lamenting his wife and children , inhumanly murdered by the tyrant . Struck with the news , he questions the meffenger over and over ; not that he doubt- ed the fact , but that his heart revolted a- gainst so cruel a ...
Page 273
... represented in our theatres , for which there was no place in those of ancient Greece . This doctrine may be illuftrated , by compa- ring a modern play to a set of historical pic- tures : let us fuppofe them five in number , and the ...
... represented in our theatres , for which there was no place in those of ancient Greece . This doctrine may be illuftrated , by compa- ring a modern play to a set of historical pic- tures : let us fuppofe them five in number , and the ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word