Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays, المجلد 1Hurd & Houghton, 1860 |
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الصفحة 38
... play again . CALLIDEMUS . By Jupiter , I believe not . SPEUSIPPUs . I have omitted the whole of the absurd dialogue be- tween Vulcan and Strength , at the beginning . CALLIDEMUS . That may be , on the whole , an improvement . The play ...
... play again . CALLIDEMUS . By Jupiter , I believe not . SPEUSIPPUs . I have omitted the whole of the absurd dialogue be- tween Vulcan and Strength , at the beginning . CALLIDEMUS . That may be , on the whole , an improvement . The play ...
الصفحة 40
... play should be ; I have seen Phrynichus , and lived with Eschylus . I saw the representation of the Persians . SPEUSIPPUS . A wretched play ; it may amuse the fools who row the triremes ; but it is utterly unworthy to be read by any man ...
... play should be ; I have seen Phrynichus , and lived with Eschylus . I saw the representation of the Persians . SPEUSIPPUS . A wretched play ; it may amuse the fools who row the triremes ; but it is utterly unworthy to be read by any man ...
الصفحة 358
... plays . What is unnatural appears less unnatural in that species of verse than in lines which approach more nearly to common conversation ; and in the management of the heroic couplet Dryden has never been equalled . It is unnecessary ...
... plays . What is unnatural appears less unnatural in that species of verse than in lines which approach more nearly to common conversation ; and in the management of the heroic couplet Dryden has never been equalled . It is unnecessary ...
المحتوى
CONTENTS | xxxiv |
ON THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE Knights | 20 |
SCENES FROM ATHENIAN REVELS Knights Quar | 30 |
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