Leigh Hunt's Dramatic Criticism, 1808-1831, Volume 10Columbia University Press, 1949 - 347 pages |
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Page 59
... poet who had forgotten him- self . The new opera must have its run , for , considered without a reference to what was expected from its author , it is really more amusing than our farces in general ; but may it be hoped that there will ...
... poet who had forgotten him- self . The new opera must have its run , for , considered without a reference to what was expected from its author , it is really more amusing than our farces in general ; but may it be hoped that there will ...
Page 82
... poets and moralists , therefore , wish us to have a better idea of our nature , would be to us , if we were not in ... poet's ; and though the character is a reasoning one , and there is sometimes a disposition to conclude that the ...
... poets and moralists , therefore , wish us to have a better idea of our nature , would be to us , if we were not in ... poet's ; and though the character is a reasoning one , and there is sometimes a disposition to conclude that the ...
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... poet chooses to take leave of the probable , it does not follow that he must abandon the tasteful or even the natural , whatever has been the assertion of those whose taste , if they could have found out the truth , was of as small a ...
... poet chooses to take leave of the probable , it does not follow that he must abandon the tasteful or even the natural , whatever has been the assertion of those whose taste , if they could have found out the truth , was of as small a ...
Contents
CRITICISM ON SHAKSPEARES MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | 3 |
MR YOUNGS MERITS CONSIDERED | 21 |
THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS | 35 |
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