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... comedy in satire , could never be suffi- cient for this purpose . For all , that he derived into it from thence , was , as Quinctilian speaks , libertas atque inde acerbitas et abunde salis . It sharpened his invective , and polished ...
... comedy in satire , could never be suffi- cient for this purpose . For all , that he derived into it from thence , was , as Quinctilian speaks , libertas atque inde acerbitas et abunde salis . It sharpened his invective , and polished ...
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... . For being , as Diomedes observes , archæœ comœdiæ charactere compositum , " professedly writ- " ten after the manner of the old comedy , " it was of course to admit the familiarity of the comic muse ; INTRODUCTION . 19.
... . For being , as Diomedes observes , archæœ comœdiæ charactere compositum , " professedly writ- " ten after the manner of the old comedy , " it was of course to admit the familiarity of the comic muse ; INTRODUCTION . 19.
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... Comedy , in the passionate parts , will admit of a tragic elevation : and , 2. Tragedy , in its soft distressful scenes , condescends to the ease of familiar conversation . But the poet had a further view in chusing this instance . For ...
... Comedy , in the passionate parts , will admit of a tragic elevation : and , 2. Tragedy , in its soft distressful scenes , condescends to the ease of familiar conversation . But the poet had a further view in chusing this instance . For ...
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... comedy ; which was artfully contrived to insi- nuate the defective state of the Roman drama , and to admonish his countrymen , how far they had gone , and what yet remained to complete it . And hence with the advantage of the easiest ...
... comedy ; which was artfully contrived to insi- nuate the defective state of the Roman drama , and to admonish his countrymen , how far they had gone , and what yet remained to complete it . And hence with the advantage of the easiest ...
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... comedy ( to which the applica- " tion is made ) , whose peculiar differences and cor- 66 66 respondencies , as resulting from the natures of each , should , in agreement to the universal law of decorum , be exactly known and diligently ...
... comedy ( to which the applica- " tion is made ) , whose peculiar differences and cor- 66 66 respondencies , as resulting from the natures of each , should , in agreement to the universal law of decorum , be exactly known and diligently ...
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