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" Shakespeare, that he assumes, as an unquestionable principle, a position, which, while his breath is forming it into words, his understanding pronounces to be false. It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatick fable... "
William Shakespeare: The Critical Heritage - Page 15
edited by - 1995 - 568 pages
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...position, which, while his breath is forming it into words, his understanding pronounces to be false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. The...
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Essays on Chivalry, Romance, and the Drama

Walter Scott - 1834 - 424 pages
...observance of the unities, suppose the audience to be lulled. To use the nervous words of Johnson, " It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited." There...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Essays on chivalry, romance, and ...

Sir Walter Scott - 1834 - 418 pages
...observance of the unities, suppose the audience to be lulled. To use the nervous words of Johnson, " It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited." There...
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Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic: Containing Original Papers ..., Volume 10

1837 - 348 pages
...position, which, while his breath is forming it into words, his understanding pronounces to be false. It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality, that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or for a single moment was ever credited. " The...
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Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic, Volume 10

1837 - 336 pages
...position, which, while his breath is forming it into words, his understanding pronounces to be false. It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality, that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or for a single moment was ever credited. " The...
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...position, which, while his breath is forming it into words, his understanding pronounces to be false. A ڻ 4`[ d3 ap dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. The...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...pronounces to be false. It is false, that any representaJ tion is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic 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...
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William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...position, which, while his breath is forming it into words, his understanding pronounces to be false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. The...
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The Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds

Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1842 - 318 pages
...of his preface to Shakespeare, in defending him from the critics regarding the unities, he says, " It is false that any representation is mistaken for reality; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. The...
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The Plays and Poems of Shakespeare,: According to the Improved ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pages
...position, which, while his breath is forming it into words, his understanding pronounces to be false. It is false, that any representation is mistaken for reality ; that any dramatic fable in its materiality was ever credible, or, for a single moment, was ever credited. The...
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