The Elizabethan Dramatists as CriticsPhilosophical Library, 1963 - 420 pages |
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Page 168
... imagination . The Elizabethan dramatists might then , perhaps , have suffered fewer pangs of conscience . Samuel Butler's sarcastic jingle , Upon critics who judge of modern plays by the rules of the Antients , is too delightful not to ...
... imagination . The Elizabethan dramatists might then , perhaps , have suffered fewer pangs of conscience . Samuel Butler's sarcastic jingle , Upon critics who judge of modern plays by the rules of the Antients , is too delightful not to ...
Page 169
... hear them talk together ; but we cannot present a house cov- ered with black velvet , and a lady in beaten gold . Dekker . Whore of Babylon ( 1604 ) . Prol .: • as in landscape towns and woods Small afar off 169 Appeal to the Imagination.
... hear them talk together ; but we cannot present a house cov- ered with black velvet , and a lady in beaten gold . Dekker . Whore of Babylon ( 1604 ) . Prol .: • as in landscape towns and woods Small afar off 169 Appeal to the Imagination.
Page 355
... imagination , in order to be carried from scene to scene . A striking instance , reminding one specifically of Shakespeare , follows Act IV : Cor . To help your longing , signior , let your imagination be swifter than a pair of oars ...
... imagination , in order to be carried from scene to scene . A striking instance , reminding one specifically of Shakespeare , follows Act IV : Cor . To help your longing , signior , let your imagination be swifter than a pair of oars ...
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