...fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. ' The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria, and the next at Home, supposes that when the play opens the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes...

...fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first...the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he li ves in the days of Antony and Cleopatra. Surely he that imagines this may imagine more. He that...

...and therefore always liable to dispute and alteration.« 52. Raleigh, S. 26 — 27: »The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first...really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes his walk to the theater has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra....