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" Corneille, they have very generally received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and place arises from the supposed necessity of making the drama credible. "
Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic - Page 260
1837
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 346 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more '(rouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible, that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible, that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in...
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Poems, with illustrative remarks [ed. by W.C. Oulton]. To which is ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pages
...they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. " The necessity of preserving the unities of time and place arises from the supposed...credible. The critics hold it impossible that an action of montbs or years can be possibly believed to pass in three hours ; or that the spectator can suppose...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in three...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...place arises from the supposed necessity of making tlie drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible, that an action of months or years can be possibly...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given moi'e trouble to the pcet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...hold it impossible that an action of months or years dan be possibly believed to pass in three hours ; or that the spectator can suppose himself to sit...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible, that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible, that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in three...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 pages
...received, by discovering that they have given more trouble to the poet, than pleasure to the auditor. The necessity of observing the unities of time and...supposed necessity of making the drama credible. The criticks hold it impossible, that an action of months or years can be possibly believed to pass in...
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