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Page 191
But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same method of describing the passions and fancies of men whom they met at ...
But it might be perhaps objected , that it was only a literal account taken from Bedlam at that time : and it might be answered , that the old poets took the same method of describing the passions and fancies of men whom they met at ...
Page 194
This tragedy being considered as the first in our language , is certainly a curiosity , and in other respects it is also remarkable ; though , perhaps , enough has been said about it . As a work of genius , it may be set down as nothing ...
This tragedy being considered as the first in our language , is certainly a curiosity , and in other respects it is also remarkable ; though , perhaps , enough has been said about it . As a work of genius , it may be set down as nothing ...
Page 240
Webster would , I think , be a greater dramatic genius than Deckar , if he had the same originality ; and perhaps is so , even without it . His White Devil and Duchess of Malfy , upon the whole perhaps , come the nearest to Shakespear ...
Webster would , I think , be a greater dramatic genius than Deckar , if he had the same originality ; and perhaps is so , even without it . His White Devil and Duchess of Malfy , upon the whole perhaps , come the nearest to Shakespear ...
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