By supposition, as place is introduced, time may be extended; the time required by the fable elapses for the most part between the acts; for, of so much of the action as is represented, the real and poetical duration is the same. Court Magazine, and Monthly Critic - Page 2601837Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1765 - 80 pages
...which •was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre. By fuppofition, as place is introduced, time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapfes for the moft part between the acts ; for, of fo much of the action as is reprefented, the real... | |
| Books - 1765 - 600 pages
...which ./as always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre ? ' By fuppodtion, as place is introduced, time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapfes for the moft part between the acts ; for, of fo much of the action as is reprefented, the real... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1768 - 676 pages
...Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens^ but a modern theatre. By fuppofition, as place is introduced, time may be extended •, the time required by the fable elapfes for the moft part between the afts ; for, of fo much of the aflion as is reprefented, the real... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1773 - 554 pages
...Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre. By fuppofition, as place is introduced, time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapfes for the moft part between the acts; for, of fo much of the action as is reprefented, the real... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Sicily, which was always known to b« neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern Theatre. By Suppofition, as Place is introduced, Time may be extended! The Time required by the Fable elapfes for the moft Part between the Acts ; for, of fo much of the Action as is reprefented, the real... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...t which was always known to b« neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern Theatre. By Suppofition, as Place is introduced, Time may be extended: The Time required by the Fable elapfes for the moft Part between the Acts ; for, of fo much of the Action as is reprefented, the real... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre. By fuppofition, as place is introduced, time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapfes. for the moft part between theafts; for, of fo much of the aftion as is reprefented, the real... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a moderate theatre. By fuppofition, as place is introduced, time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapfes for the moft part between the acts; for, of fo much of the action as is reprefented, the real... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...Sicily, which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Athens, but a modern theatre ? By luppoiition, as place is introduced, time may be extended ; the time required by the fable elapfes for the moil part between the acts ; for, of fo much of the action as is represented, the real... | |
| History - 1793 - 620 pages
...which was always known to be neither Sicily nor Atheni, but a moriera theatre ? By fuppofition, as place is introduced, time may be extended : the time required by the fable elapfes for the moft part between the acts; for, of fo much of tbe action as is reprefented, the real... | |
| |