 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators arc always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 476 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...complete a story may be in places very remote from each oiher ; and where is the absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily,... | |
 | George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...action, and an action must be in some place : but the differest actions that complete a story may be in places very remote from each other; and where is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Actors - 1825 - 1010 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the recoil, In an imperial charge. But 'crave your pardon...That which you are, my thoughts cannot transpose : thedifferent actions that complete a story may be in places very remote from each other : and where... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 500 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...action, and an action must be in some place ; but "tie different actions that complete a story may be in places very remote from each other ; and where... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which ' was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 716 pages
...more — the truth is, the spectators are always in their senses, and know from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily, nor Athens, but a modem theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the globe Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...absurdity of allowing that space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...field. The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the...each other ; and where is the absurdity of allowing thut space to represent first Athens, and then Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily... | |
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They come to hear a certain number of lines recited with just gesture and elegant modulation. The lines relate to some action, and an action must be in some place; but the different actions that complete a story may be in places very... 
