English Critical Texts: 16th Century to 20th CenturyDennis Joseph Enright, Ernst De Chickera Oxford University Press, 1962 - 398 pages |
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Page 167
... Reader's permission to apprise him 195 of a few circumstances relating to their style , in order , among other reasons , that he may not censure me for not having performed what I never attempted . The Reader will find that ...
... Reader's permission to apprise him 195 of a few circumstances relating to their style , in order , among other reasons , that he may not censure me for not having performed what I never attempted . The Reader will find that ...
Page 184
... Reader will say that he has been pleased by such composition ; and what more can be done for him ? The power of any art is limited ; and he will suspect , that , if it be proposed to furnish him with new friends , that can be only upon ...
... Reader will say that he has been pleased by such composition ; and what more can be done for him ? The power of any art is limited ; and he will suspect , that , if it be proposed to furnish him with new friends , that can be only upon ...
Page 195
... reader to itself , disjoins it from its context , and makes it a separate whole , instead of a harmoniz- 185 ing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained composition , from which the reader collects rapidly the general result ...
... reader to itself , disjoins it from its context , and makes it a separate whole , instead of a harmoniz- 185 ing part ; and on the other hand , to an unsustained composition , from which the reader collects rapidly the general result ...
Contents
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy | 50 |
An Essay on Criticism III | 111 |
Preface to Shakespeare | 131 |
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