Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer. RasselasNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... purpose , and gives the charac- ters and practices of nations , be they what they will ; it has no dependance upon its fubject , and offers no- thing to examination , but the art of the narrative . An history of China well written ...
... purpose , and gives the charac- ters and practices of nations , be they what they will ; it has no dependance upon its fubject , and offers no- thing to examination , but the art of the narrative . An history of China well written ...
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... purpose to sketch them out before we give a full difplay of the laft clafs . I can do nothing better on this occafion than tranfcribe the twenty - fifth reflection of Rapin upon poetry in particular . 66 General rules of comedy . 66 ...
... purpose to sketch them out before we give a full difplay of the laft clafs . I can do nothing better on this occafion than tranfcribe the twenty - fifth reflection of Rapin upon poetry in particular . 66 General rules of comedy . 66 ...
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... purpose of comedy and tragedy ? The purpofe of the one is to divert , and the other to move ; and of these two , which is the eafier ? To go to the bottom of those purposes ; to move is to ftrike those strings of the heart which is moft ...
... purpose of comedy and tragedy ? The purpofe of the one is to divert , and the other to move ; and of these two , which is the eafier ? To go to the bottom of those purposes ; to move is to ftrike those strings of the heart which is moft ...
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... purpose was only to fay of comedy , confidered as a work of genius , all that a man of letters can be fuppofed to deliver without departing from his character , and without palliating in any degree the corrupt ufe which has been almost ...
... purpose was only to fay of comedy , confidered as a work of genius , all that a man of letters can be fuppofed to deliver without departing from his character , and without palliating in any degree the corrupt ufe which has been almost ...
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... purposes the fame . The Mimi of one fpecies were thort ; thofe of the other long , and not quite fo grotefque . Thefe two kinds were fubdivided into many fpecies , diftinguished by the dreffes and characters , fuch as fhews drunkards ...
... purposes the fame . The Mimi of one fpecies were thort ; thofe of the other long , and not quite fo grotefque . Thefe two kinds were fubdivided into many fpecies , diftinguished by the dreffes and characters , fuch as fhews drunkards ...
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